Events

International Day of Human Space Flight, 12 April

"Since the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin on 12 April 1961, humans have set foot upon the Moon and developed the ability to work and live in Low Earth Orbit," says the new Director of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Simonetta Di Pippo in her video message.

The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight "to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning of the space era for mankind, reaffirming the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of States and peoples, as well as ensuring the realization of their aspiration to maintain outer space for peaceful purposes."

UNOOSA will mark the Day with a series of events: