Ø The United Nation’s International Day of Human Space Flight is observed across the globe on 12^th April to promote the aspirations to explore and maintain outer space.

Ø The day is observed to remember the first human space flight on 12^th April 1961.

Ø On 12^th April 1961,Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet carried out the first human space flight.

Ø The first International Day of Human Space Flight was observed on 12^th April 2011.

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