Yuri's Night

On Saturday, April 11, the National Space Society celebrated "Yuri's Night." The event, named after the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, is to celebrate milestones in manned space flight. The party was high above the Spaceport Bravo sim.

Yuri’s Night party happening now! Celebrate Yuri Gagarin, first person in space, with the International Spaceflight Museum and the National Space Society. DJ Aristippus spins space-themed tunes and songs of the Space Age. Futuristic, space-related or early '60s fashions are encouraged, but in no way required.

There were a mix of early 60s tunes, and space themed songs such as "Walking on the Moon," "Goodbye Cruel World," "Space Girls," and others. People either danced, or floated in the air, often in spacesuits.

There were a few topics, such as the Coronovirus Crisis, which may have caused one NSS member to skip the event, and some sadness over the lack of progress in manned space travel in recent years.

On another note, it was fifty years ago that the accident that crippled Apollo 13 and almost caused the loss of all aboard took place. It took a good deal of effort by both the astronauts and the ground crew to get the crew back to Earth in what would be called a "successful failure."

Bixyl Shuftan

A Busy Weekend

It's been quite the busy weekend in Second Life. Friday was the "Yuri's Night" celebration held by the National Space Society. The anniversary of the first man in space was also one of the themes at the Burnal Equinox, which ran from Friday to Sunday night. There were also a number of Relay for Life events. Saturday had the Sunbeamer Air Show which launched Team Sunbeamers well into Gold level fundraising. On Sunday was the conclusion of the "Bid Me Bald" Team Challenge which raised a total of almost a half million Linden dollars in which the Cure Chasers team won and Mieville Steampunks ended up with bare scalps.

More information on these happenings, and more, to come.

Burnal Equinox Starts Today

The Burnal Equinox art and music festival starts today, Friday April 12. From today at 10 AM to Sunday at 11PM, the Spring Spinnoff of the Burn2 event will take place with many sights to see, and much tunes to listen to.

Burnal Equinox is our traditional event that we hold midway between our annual October “big Burn” events. This year the theme for the spring event is “Eyes to the Skies”. Creatives are invited to start thinking about tunes, writings and art to bring to the playa.

So, what is this “Eyes to the Skies” theme about? And when is the event? Glad you asked.

The next event of Burn2, Burnal Equinox, takes place the weekend of 12th through 14th April. As it happens, the opening coincides with a worldwide celebration of the first human to enter space, called Yuri’s Night.

So, how do we celebrate space, the Great Beyond, on the dusty dry desert lake bed we call the Playa? That’s for YOU to decide! While keeping playa aesthetics always in the forefront of your mind, you can create art and music to celebrate space, human curiosity, and the explorer’s spirit that led us to fly ever further “out there”.

You are invited to come and do this with us, explore with us, create with us, dance and play and … of course, BURN!

For more information check the Burn2 website: https://www.burn2.org/

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Man-%20Deep%20Hole/220/60/24

Press Release: Yuri's Night

Yuri’s Night is a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on 12 April, 1961, and the inaugural launch of the first Space Shuttle on 12 April, 1981.

For more information:  https://yurisnight.net

The International Spaceflight Museum and the National Space Society will co-sponsor a Yuri's Night celebration at: Galaxy Dome Music Venue
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/135/56/279

Futuristic, space-related or early '60s fashions are encouraged, but in no way required...and there will be freebies available!

Friday, April 12th
2:00-4:00 pm    DJ Aristippus spins space-themed tunes and songs of the Space Age.

Aristippus, The Sexy DJ, has been spinning tunes for roughly a decade, specializing in rock ’n’ roll. Some years ago, he began cleaning and recording his personal collection of vinyl records. Now, except for the rare special occasion, his sets include only the music that comes from his vinyl.

International Spaceflight Museum:  http://www.ismuseum.org
National Space Society:  https://space.nss.org/  ;  https://nssinsl.wordpress.com

The party will continue at the Sagan Planetarium beginning at 4 pm:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aspen/200/120/3730

For those out in the open sims of the Outer Metaverse, you can celebrate Yuri's Night (also Friday, 12 April) with a full cast of singers and DJs at ISM's Kitely facility.

3 pm pst Dj Rosa Alekseev  
4 pm pst Dj Jahka Flowens   
5 pm pst Dj Libra Tyrell        
6 pm pst Dj Stone Lunasea 
7 pm pst Singer Agatha Nowles

Kitely venue:  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/ISMuseum/311/83/22

And happening all weekend, drop in on our friends at Burn2 for "Burnal Equinox" with the theme "Eyes to the Skies" in honor of Yuri's Night:

https://www.burn2.org/events/burnal-equinox-2019/

Yuri's Night 2018

Thursday evening on April 12 was "Yuri's Night," an international celebration of the anniversary of the first manned mission in space. Although at the time it was seen as a defeat for the American space program as the United States was engaged in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, in years since it has been come to seen as a triumph for all of humanity.

For the event's first two hours, the party took place high above the Spaceport Bravo sim. Then at 4PM SL time, the people headed to the Sagan Planetarium at Aspen (200/120/3730). There, people danced, sometimes going weightless. Next to them, the planetary displayed to show each of the planets and the dwarf planets Ceres and Pluto. It was a fun time for space nuts.

For pictures of the 2016 Yuri's Night, Click Here.

Bixyl Shuftan

Press Release: "Yuri's Night"

Yuri’s Night is a global celebration of humanity’s past, present, and future in space. Yuri’s Night parties and events are held around the world every April in commemoration of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to venture into space on 12 April, 1961, and the inaugural launch of the first Space Shuttle on 12 April, 1981.

For more information:  https://yurisnight.net

The International Spaceflight Museum and the National Space Society will co-sponsor a Yuri's Night celebration at:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/108/133/1603

Futuristic, space-related or early '60s fashions are encouraged, but in no way required...and there will be freebies available!

Thursday, April 12th
2:00-4:00 pm    DJ Aristippus spins space-themed tunes and songs of the Space Age.

Aristippus, The Sexy DJ, has been spinning tunes for roughly a decade, specializing in rock ’n’ roll. Some years ago, he began cleaning and recording his personal collection of vinyl records. Now, except for the rare special occasion, his sets include only the music that comes from his vinyl.

National Space Society in SL:  https://nssinsl.wordpress.com
International Spaceflight Museum:  http://www.ismuseum.org

The party will continue at the Sagan Planetarium beginning at 4 pm:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aspen/200/120/3730

Scenes From Yuri's Night 2016

Last week on Tuesday April 12, the "Yuri's Night" in Second Life took place. This celebration of the anniversary of the first manned launch into space was attended by a number of avatars, and was held at two locations: Spaceport Bravo and the Sagan Planetarium. Second Life Newser was there, and took a few pictures of  the "World Space Party" in the virtual world.

See the pictures in Events.

Yuri's Night 2015

Last weekend was the anniversary of the first manned mission to space by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Although the event at the time was seen as a propaganda victory for Communism, with the thaw of the Cold War, it's been seen more as a triumph for Mankind in general, and is celebrated by space fans every year. This includes those in Second Life, who got together for a couple parties and a contest with a prize worthy of an aspiring astronaut.

Read more in Events.

What a Weekend

Quite a bit happened this weekend. The Relay Team Sunbeamer reached Silver rank (story below), tiny community Raglan Shire hosted a live music event, there were a number of Relay events, including a egg decorating contest and a stand-up comedy show with Lauren Weyland and other comedians, "Yuri's Night" in the Sci-Lands of which the second half took place at a planetarium (pictured above), and more.

Stay tuned for more on these events.

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.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Bravo/108/133/1603