Eastern European University Association

12 April 2013

Celebrating 52nd Anniversary of FIRST Manned Flight into SPACE! Yuriy Gagarin!

Dear friends, 52 years back on 12 April 1961 at 9:07 a.m. (Moscow time), Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR on the Vostok 1 rocket, and became the first human being to go into outer space. Gagarin made one orbit of the Earth before re-entering, and landed at 10:55 a.m., 15 miles southwest of the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast.

Video of the first space flight (video1, video2).

To celebrate this Great day EEUA announce special proposition for students who wish to study at Aerospace or Aviation universities of Russia and Ukraine. All students who will apply till April 30th at any Aerospace or Aviation universities of Russia and Ukraine will get free ticket to the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS which will be held August 27th - September 1 in Moscow. The International Aviation and Space salon MAKS is a rightful occupant of a leading position in the ratings of major world aviation forums. The very idea of the MAKS lies in demonstrating Russian high technologies and domestic market openness to joint ventures with the use of foreign partners' cutting-edge advances. Video about MAKS (video1, video2, video3).