International Day of Human Space Flight 2024

Every year on April 12th, we celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight. What does human space flight mean? It means when a person goes to outer space! In 1961, a man named Yuri Gagarin became the first person to go to outer space. We celebrate this day to mark this amazing event! 

Yuri Gagarin travelled to outer space in a spacecraft named Vostok 1. People all around the world were very happy about this. After 50 years, April 12th was announced as the International Day of Human Space Flight. 

In 2024, the theme of this day is “Encourage Scientific Curiosity.” This day reminds us that every new day brings a new possibility. When Gagarin went to space, he made it possible for others to go there too.