itsfullofstars: 50 years ago today, Yuri orbited the Earth. He returned home to his native Soviet Union as an international hero, and spent the next 8 years touring the world, touting the USSR’s great Cosmonaut program. Though he died in a tragic plane crash in 1969, thousands of artists remember him in art devoted to his flight - and humanity’s quest to one day journey far into space and find new homes among the stars. Here we’ve collected some gorgeous examples of art celebrating Yuri’s Night - and Yuri himself. gallery of art inspired by Yuri Gagarin

itsfullofstars:

50 years ago today, Yuri orbited the Earth. He returned home to his native Soviet Union as an international hero, and spent the next 8 years touring the world, touting the USSR’s great Cosmonaut program. Though he died in a tragic plane crash in 1969, thousands of artists remember him in art devoted to his flight - and humanity’s quest to one day journey far into space and find new homes among the stars. Here we’ve collected some gorgeous examples of art celebrating Yuri’s Night - and Yuri himself.

gallery of art inspired by Yuri Gagarin

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