Dynasty22
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On this day, April 12
1961 – Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1).
1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.
Quite the day, as we now think about the shuttle program winding down and with the Russians the only real capable nation to carry astronauts on a regular basis soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12
Check out some of the other non-aviation related dates as well...Fort Sumter, Fort Pillow Massacre, FDR's death, and the polio vaccine.
1961 – Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1).
1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.
Quite the day, as we now think about the shuttle program winding down and with the Russians the only real capable nation to carry astronauts on a regular basis soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_12
Check out some of the other non-aviation related dates as well...Fort Sumter, Fort Pillow Massacre, FDR's death, and the polio vaccine.