On this day in 1961

Today is the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first man in space (on board Vostok 1), he was also the first person to orbit Earth. Incidentally, I also just learned that the sixth cosmonaut to go into space was also the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova.

I put this event on my blog because it reminds me of a childhood memory I have of a guest my parents had. The man was one of the scientists that had helped to develop Yuri Gagarin's spacesuit, which I thought was really cool. He also made me a paper aeroplane that I seem to remember making circles around our living room and just staying in the air forever!