To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first human flight into space – by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961 – NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman, circling Earth aboard the International Space Station, and musician Ian Anderson, founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, joined together for the first space-Earth duet.
Honoring Yuri Gagarin on 50th anniversary of human space flight
10, 9, 8 … video of Yuri Gagarin historic first space flight
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