near the headquarters of the US space agency (NASA) in Houston ( Texas) hosted the ceremony to commemorate the first cosmonaut. Honoring the memory dedicated to the World Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics. The bronze monument to Gagarin was installed here in October 2012.
The ceremony was attended by several dozen people. Among them – the Consul General of Russia in Houston Alexander Zakharov, former director of the Johnson Space Center, George Abbey and cosmonaut Oleg Kotov. Came as representatives of the City Hall, the Russian Space Agency, the US space agency, community-based organizations. The participants emphasized the need to continue to develop the relationship between Russia and the United States in the field of science, despite the political differences.
The ceremony participants laid flowers at the monument to the first cosmonaut next to the headquarters of NASA. Bronze statue of Gagarin work Russian sculptor Alexei Leonov found in Houston in October 2012. Next set steel plate to commemorate NASA astronaut John Glenn – as the first American to orbit the Earth.
Honoring the memory of Yuri Gagarin was timed to coincide with the International Day of Human Space Flight, celebrated on April 12 . Houston has become a tradition to gather at the monument on the eve of the trailblazer of space, TASS.
Space is always worried about humanity. Starry sky fascinated people, they dreamed into his immense depth. The idea of flying in space at one time was only a myth, but it became a reality April 12, 1961, when the orbit of the Earth went Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
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