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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]Yuri's Night release <BLOCKQUOTE>[b]Yuri's Night Announces Start of 2011 Tribute Video Contest[/b] <div align="justify">Yuri's Night, the World Space Party, announced this evening (Feb. 3) on Spacevidcast Live the official opening of a global competition to create videos that best engage the public in celebrating the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight and embody the spirit of Yuri's Night. The top submission will receive a $500 cash prize, sponsored by OpenLuna.org. "I'm very excited to see what fantastic entries our Yuri's Night followers will create with our video podcast series and other resources," said Yuri's Night Executive Director Ryan Kobrick. "The space community is known for their ability to be extremely creative, and this video contest is an excellent way to get artists and editors involved in space." The [URL=http://videocontest.yurisnight.net/]Yuri's Night 2011 Video Contest[/URL] asks prospective entrants to create videos using freely-provided Yuri's Night materials and any other available open-source content. Resource materials include recent Yuri's Night interviews with Bill Nye, TV personality and Executive Director of the Planetary Society, European Space Agency Director Jean-Jacques Dordain, and other space personalities, along with Yuri's Night logos, footage from past events, and the 2010 Global Podcast series. Videos may be no more than 10 minutes long and must be submitted by April 1st, 2011.</div></BLOCKQUOTE>[/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><center><a href="http://yurisnight.net/" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/yurisnight2011a.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="95" BORDER="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>About Yuri's Night<div align="justify">Human spaceflight became a reality 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called Vostok. The capsule was carrying Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter outer space.Exactly 20 years later, the United States embarked on a new era in spaceflight with the inaugural launch of a new type of spaceship — the space shuttle. Designed to carry a larger crew and large volumes of cargo to orbit, the space shuttles became synonymous with human spaceflight for an entirely new generation of young people.When the next 20-year point arrived, that generation (often called "Gen X") laid a new space milestone by connecting thousands of people around the world to celebrate and honor the past, while building a stairway to the future. That event was <A HREF="http://yurisnight.net/" TARGET=_blank>Yuri's Night</A>, and it continues to bring the excitement, passion and promise of space travel closer to people of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds.</div></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>SpaceAholic</TD><TD>Yuri's Night (50th Anniversary) here in southern Arizona will be held at Tucson's Pima Air and Space Museum on April 9th from 1700-2100. Guest speakers lined up: General McDivitt and Sy Liebergot.Participating organizations will include the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association (TAAA), Pima Community College, Spaceaholic, Physics Factory, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), UA's Lunar Planetary Lab (LPL), UA's Flandrau/College of Science, Students for Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), Titan Museum, Raytheon, Honeywell, IBM, UA's Russian Studies Department, and other clubs/organizations TBD.For those in the local area, hope to see you there.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Yuri's Night release <BLOCKQUOTE>Yuri's Night Announces Start of 2011 Tribute Video Contest<div align="justify">Yuri's Night, the World Space Party, announced this evening (Feb. 3) on Spacevidcast Live the official opening of a global competition to create videos that best engage the public in celebrating the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight and embody the spirit of Yuri's Night. The top submission will receive a $500 cash prize, sponsored by OpenLuna.org."I'm very excited to see what fantastic entries our Yuri's Night followers will create with our video podcast series and other resources," said Yuri's Night Executive Director Ryan Kobrick. "The space community is known for their ability to be extremely creative, and this video contest is an excellent way to get artists and editors involved in space."The <A HREF="http://videocontest.yurisnight.net/" TARGET=_blank>Yuri's Night 2011 Video Contest</A> asks prospective entrants to create videos using freely-provided Yuri's Night materials and any other available open-source content. Resource materials include recent Yuri's Night interviews with Bill Nye, TV personality and Executive Director of the Planetary Society, European Space Agency Director Jean-Jacques Dordain, and other space personalities, along with Yuri's Night logos, footage from past events, and the 2010 Global Podcast series.Videos may be no more than 10 minutes long and must be submitted by April 1st, 2011.</div></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Jay Chladek</TD><TD>Any thoughts about maybe calling it "Yuri, John and Bob's Night" this year? <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/wink.gif">i.e. 50th anniversary of Gagarin, 30th anniversary of first flight of shuttle. <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/biggrin.gif"> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Yuri's Night release <BLOCKQUOTE>$18,000 in Prizes Offered by Yuri's Night in "Call to Humanity" Space Exploration Advertisement Competition and Yuri's Night International Space Sweepstakes<div align="justify">Yuri's Night is excited to commemorate the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight by launching two contests: the "Call to Humanity" Space Exploration Ad Competition, which calls on talented graphic designers, artists, and other creative individuals to create a powerful and inspiring print campaign that will move people to think about and support humanity's future in space, and the "International Space Sweepstakes," a free global drawing.The Ad Competition Grand Prize is a 4-day Space Travellers "Zero-G Flight-Russia" travel package (with a $1,000 voucher for travel to and from Moscow), which consists of a microgravity flight aboard an Ilyushin-76 aircraft in Russia and an all-inclusive 4-day tour of the homeland of Yuri Gagarin - a $9,000 value in total. The submissions will be rated by a panel of celebrity judges based on their emotional impact, artistic merit, and adherence to the themes. The deadline for submissions is March 31st.Simultaneously, Yuri's Night is launching the International Space Sweepstakes to give anyone in the world the chance to travel to Russia, witness a rocket launch at Baikonur, and experience the history of the Russian space program first hand. Entries are free (though donations to Yuri's Night are encouraged), but are limited to one per person. All interested and eligible participants are welcome (and encouraged) to participate in both the Competition and the Sweepstakes. The winner, who will be chosen by random selection, will receive a 10-day Space Travellers "VIP Lift-Off in Baikonur" travel package and a $1,000 travel voucher for travel to and from Moscow.As the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight approaches, we find the next 50 years of human spaceflight and exploration uncertain. It is now more important than ever that we recognize our overwhelmingly fragile place in an utterly vast cosmic sea, and ensure that humanity continues in its quest to explore the final frontier, bring life to the cosmos, and protect life on Earth.For further information on the "Call to Humanity" Space Exploration Advertisement Competition and the Yuri's Night International Space Sweepstakes, please visit <A HREF="http://yurisnight.net/contests" TARGET=_blank>yurisnight.net/contests</A>.Yuri's Night, the World Space Party, is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to commemorating humanity's past and celebrating humanity's future in space. Thousands of Yuri's Night events have been held around the world each April 12 since the founding of Yuri's Night in 2001.</div></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>ozspace</TD><TD>For those in Melbourne, Australia! The Victorian Space Science Education Centre is pleased to join with the Space Association of Australia to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Yur’s Night and join the global release of Chris Riley’s film First Orbit.Venue: VSSEC Date: 12th April, 2011 Time: 7:00 – 9:30pm Cost: FREE Places are limited, please email bookings@vssec.vic.edu to reserve a placeVSSEC is located at Strathmore Secondary College 400 Pascoe Vale Road Strathmore, Melbourne Victoria, Australia, 3041Within Australia Phone: (03) 9379 3456 <A HREF="http://www.vssec.vic.edu.au" TARGET=_blank>www.vssec.vic.edu.au</A> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>music_space</TD><TD>I've attended the Montreal affair, held in a nice mezzannine appartment with galore party favors and make-up opportunities. I had brought a few Soviet space artifact and memorabilia which were well appreciated.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD><BLOCKQUOTE>Yuri's Night 2011 International Space Station Crew: 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight<div align="justify">Floating high above the Earth, the Expedition 27 crew aboard the International Space Station sends their special message to the world to wish them a Happy Yuri's Night! Expedition 27 includes Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Andrey Borisenko, Catherine 'Cady' Coleman, Alexander Samokutyaev, Paolo Nespoli and Ron Garan.<center><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="400" height="255" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/H6BThA641Rg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Human Spaceflight became a reality 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called "Vostok 1" on April 12th, 1961. The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter outer space.

Exactly 20 years later, the United States embarked on a new era in spaceflight with the inaugural launch of a new type of spaceship — the Space Shuttle (April 12th, 1981). Designed to carry a larger crew and large volumes of cargo to orbit, the Space Shuttles became synonymous with human spaceflight for an entirely new generation of young people.

When the next 20-year point arrived, that generation (often called "Gen X") laid a new space milestone by connecting thousands of people around the world to celebrate and honor the past, while building a stairway to the future. That event was Yuri's Night, and it continues to bring the excitement, passion and promise of space travel closer to people of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds.

"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

ozspace

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Originally posted by ozspace:
The Victorian Space Science Education Centre is pleased to join with the Space Association of Australia to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Yuri's Night and join the global release of Chris Riley's film First Orbit.

We had a wonderful night last night, with 90+ attendees and full house at VSSEC!

We had a tour of their simulated Mars environment and Mission Control Centre, great fun!

Happy anniversary Yuri, John and Bob!

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