Kathmandu— On the occasion of International Day of Human Space Flight, The Brihaspati Bidhya sadan is going to celebrate Space Travel Day in Nepal, on 12th of April, in Kathmandu.
On April 12, 1961, a 27 year old Russian Soviet Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, accomplished what everyone believed impossible. He became the first human to travel in Space while he circled the Earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.
United Nations has declared April 12 as “International Day of Human Space Flight” in dedication to the feet achieved by mankind and to encourage space exploration and International Cooperation in use of space for peaceful purposes.
Nepal has also been celebrating this day for past few years to share a moment of history alongside with rest of the world, said Sailandra Dhungel, the program coordinator, Brihaspati Vidyasadan School, Kathmandu.
According to him, this year also will be celebrating the event on 12th April with a 2 hours long program with the Slogan “Our Sky, Our Universe”.
Details of the program will be a round table discussion with presentations by the following, Nepal Astronomical Society’s presentation, Space and Global Climate- Madan Lal Shrestha, Water – Adapt Nepal, Possibilities of Modern Satellites Communication – Pravin Raj Joshi
Nepal has been enriching the space and science education program along interest of people and organization.
