It's Yurries Night on Planetary Radio.

It's Yuri's Night on Planetary Radio. Welcome.

All right, settle down.

Welcome to the travel show that takes you to the final frontier.

I'm that Kaplan of the Planetary Society sitting

beneath a spaceship called Endeavor. We're back at the California Science Center for the annual

Worldwide Celebration of space.

It's the 53rd anniversary of humanity's birth

as a space-faring species, something that happened

as Yuri Gagarin rocketed into low-Earth orbit

on April 12, 1961.

Stay with us as we talk with two of the founders of Yury's night

and an astronaut who lived up there for months.

We'll begin with special greetings from someone who wishes he could have been with us here this evening.

I don't think he needs any introduction.

Hey Bill Nye, the planetary guy here, celebrating with you.

Uri's night, where Uri Kagan went around the Earth for the first time in just 90 minutes.

He's coming down and he had to jump out of his own space capsule to land safely on the earth.

A remarkable guy, a pilot, a hero, a guy who, dare I say it, changed the world.

He went out there to make discoveries and he had an adventure. You know why?

Because he was exploring just like you and me. Let's work together and change the worlds. Thank you. That's my boss, the science guy.

Now there's someone else who wishes she could have joined the party this evening.

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