50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight into space

On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin made the first human flight in space. 12 April 2011 will be the 50th anniversary of this event.

There will be many events going on to celebrate the anniversary. To see what's happening in your area, see ourcalendar of events.

BBC Russian Service coverage of the Yuri Walk:http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/multimedia/2011/04/110412_london_gagarin_walk.shtml

Fifty Years of Human Spaceflight – BBC World Service will examine Gagarin's Legacy in an hour-long special on 11 April at 8pm BSTinfo@als-alexander.org orinteralex1@yahoo.com