For a complete list of 2011 events go to www.houstonspacefest.com!

Welcome!

Welcome to Yuri's Night Houston 2011! We have a bunch of events between April 10 and April 17, 2011 and we invite you to come join us as we celebrate some of humanity's greatest achievements!

To find out more information on the Yuri's Night Houston specific events please click the links above. Join us as we kick off a great week with free activities at Space Day on April 10 at Discovery Green. Registration for the 2011 Yuri's Night 5K on April 16 is now open! We also encourage you to get your tickets for the 2011 Celebration on April 17 featuring the Jud Johnson Band at the House of Blues.

This year we have partnered with many organizations to bring you a week full of events. For a complete list please go to www.houstonspacefest.com.

Why We're Celebrating

On April 12, 1961, human spaceflight became a reality with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1”. The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter outer space.

On April 12, 1981, the United States embarked on a new era in spaceflight with the inaugural launch of a new type of spaceship — the Space Shuttle. Designed to carry a larger crew and large volumes of cargo to orbit, the Space Shuttles became synonymous with human spaceflight for an entirely new generation of young people.

On April 12, 2001, Yuri's Night was created to connect thousands of people around the world to celebrate and honor the past while building a stairway to the future. Yuri's Night continues to bring the excitement, passion and promise of space travel closer to people of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds.