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Apr. 08, 2011
Celebrating A Space Pioneer
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| On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter space. Ryan Kobrick, director of the worldwide 'Yuri's Night' celebration, talks about Gagarin and about plans to observe the fiftieth anniversary of his historic 108-minute orbital flight aboard Vostok 1. |
Produced by Charles Bergquist, Director and Contributing Producer
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Ryan L. Kobrick
MIT Postdoctoral Associate
Event Director, MIT150 Exploration Symposium
Executive Director, Yuri's Night
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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