Press Release: Yuri's Night

There's a number of activities this weekend. Among them are those by the various Relay for Life teams. But if you're looking for more, there's "Yuri's Night" by the National Space Society

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Yuri's Night is the World Space Party commemorating Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
See yurisnight.net for more information and other Yuri's Night activities.

"Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!"
— Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space.

Celebrate at our event co-sponsored by the National Space Society in SL and the International Spaceflight Museum starting at NOON SL time until 4 pm on Sunday, April 12th at: Spaceport Bravo (108/133/1603)

Join us for music, dancing and conversation about the history and future of human spaceflight.  We'll start out with our "Space Filk & More" audio stream, then Cypress Rosewood, "The Merlin of Music on the virtual grid," will give a special performance from 1 to 2 pm SL time (see http://cypressrosewood.com for more info).  From 2 to 4 pm, Emileigh Stanbrook will DJ.

 At 4 pm SL time we invite you to move on to the Yuri's Night party at Sagan Planetarium:

 Two DJs will be streaming music accompanied by visuals from the scripted planetary tour.  Also space related trivia and costume contests, with the top prize for the costume contest being a Steam key for Kerbal Space Program.

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