One day only
March 12, 2011
Opening Reception - 1:00pm
2337 Bissonnet Houston, TX 77005
Our special guests - cosmonauts from Russia, Roman Romanenko and Maksim Surayev, NASA representatives.
Unique photo exhibition devoted to celebration of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first flight in space.
On April 12, 1961 the first earthling escaped the gravity well of planet earth. In the spaceship Vostok 1, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin orbited earth one time at an altitude of 187 3/4 miles (302 kilometers) for 108 minutes at 18,000 miles an hour. He was the first man to see that the earth was indeed round, indeed mostly water, and indeed magnificent.
Admission is free. Open from 12 pm till 6 pm.
Wine will be served