Calendar of significant and memorable dates. April 12
On this day, in 1961, Soviet citizen Major Yuri Gagarin for the first time in the world orbited the Earth on the spacecraft Vostok, opening the era of manned spaceflight.
Striking successes of cosmonautics are a natural result of the selfless labour of many thousands of people, dozens of labour collectives who are doing their best for the progress of the space industry. According to the decision of the International Aviation Federation, April 12 is celebrated as World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day.
In Ukraine, this Day is called Day of Workers of the Missile and Space Industry of Ukraine and is enshrined in the Decree of the President of Ukraine since March 13, 1997, No. 230/97 of its celebration, in accordance with it is held annually on April 12. The success of Soviet cosmonautics is connected with the name of a brilliant man - Ukrainian scientist, designer Serhiy Pavlovych Koroliov.
Ukraine has become a part of the world cosmic states on account of the developed scientific and production potential of the space industry, inherited from the Soviet Union it has left almost a third of the space industrial potential created during the 40-year participation of Ukrainian enterprises in all major Space projects. Pavel Popovych is the first man in space of Ukrainian origin. Leonid Kadeniuk became the first cosmonaut of independent Ukraine, who deployed a yellow-blue flag on the orbital station.
How do they celebrate it in Chernihiv?
The library recommends: books on space from the Fund of the Scientific Library of Chernihiv National University of Technology.
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