Friday, 13 April 2018

when is International Day of Human Space Flight & World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day celebrated?

when is International Day of Human Space Flight & World Aviation and Cosmonautics Day celebrated?

Options

1) 12 April

2)13 April

3)14 April

4)15 April

answer

1) 12 April

Other details

On 7 April 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight

In 2011, 12 April was declared as the International Day of Human Space Flight in dedication of the first manned space flight made on 12 April 1961 by the 27-year-old Russian Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

Gagarin circled the Earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft

Cosmonautics Day   is an anniversary celebrated in Russia and some other former USSR countries on 12 April.

In Poland an "International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics"  is celebrated on the same day

The commemorative day was established in the Soviet Union  on 9 April 1962.