Yuri’s Night Houston

Hello Yuri’s Night goers,

Just a note to say Thanks to all those who came out and supported Yuri’s Night Houston 2010! Whether running the Yuri’s 5k, exploring the meaning of it all at Space Day, or Celebrating in the evening, we hope you had a good time and enjoyed yourselves! Also, Congratulations to this Year’s Jacobs sponsored Zero-G Winner!! You’re sure to enjoy that flight!

Look for a full update with pictures in the next couple weeks. Also, don’t forget the real day for Yuri’s Night is April 12th so be sure to raise your gaze to the stars tomorrow!

’til the next post,

-The Yuri’s Night Team

Hello Space City!

Come join us in celebrating the 49th year of Human Spaceflight and the 29th year of flying the Space Shuttle! This Saturday we have three great events to celebrate Human Spaceflight firsts and inspire a whole new round of firsts. Join us at any or all of the events below!

See you soon!
-The Yuri’s Night Houston 2010 Team

Yuri’s Night Houston 2010 Celebration(PRESALE TICKETS ONLY,Friday Deadline!):

Come and join the world in celebrating one of Humanity’s greatest achievements: Spaceflight. On April 12th 1961 the first Human was launched into space, Yuri Gagarin. Twenty years to the day after that first launch, the first reusable spacecraft was launched, the Space Shuttle: STS-1 Columbia. Come join us in celebrating these and other great spaceflight achievements this April 10th from 8pm - Midnight at Hilton Americas - Houston! We’ll have great live music from Spiny Norman, Space Exhibits,special guests, and more! Get your tickets now!

Yuri’s 5k Fun Run(Register Here):

Honor the dedication of those who put people into space by running the Yuri’s 5 km run/walk on the roads and trails of Challenger Seven Memorial Park. Yuri’s 5k will be held April 10th beginning at 8:15 a.m with a 1K Kid’s Run held at 8:00 a.m. All proceeds from this event benefit the Challenger Center for Space Science Education.

Space Day(Details Here):

Space Day, held as part of the Yuri’s Night Houston April 10th celebration, seeks to share science and engineering experiences through interactive exhibits, talks from those within the space industry, and general fun! Join us at Discovery Green from 11am-5pm on April 10th for this free event!

Helloooo Space City!

I know you have been waiting for details for the Yuri’s Night Houston Celebration and here they are!

Quick Run Down:

• Yuri’s Night Houston 2010 Celebration
• 8pm-12am April 10th  @ Hilton Americas - Houston
• Lots of cool space stuff!
• Ticketing Information to come! Be among the first to know about ticketing, email ynhouston.tickets@gmail.com

Full Story:

First off when and where? The Yuri’s Night Houston 2010 Celebration will be from 8pm-12am April 10th@ Hilton Americas - Houston where you will be joining people on all 7 continents in celebrating the 1st person in space, Yuri Gagarin! Yuri’s Night Houston will join around 150 celebrations around the world! (At the time of this posting, get updated here)

Here at the Houston, aka Space City, Celebration you’ll get to experience live music from a great local band Spiny Norman (see their awesome logo below),  some great Space Exhibits, a chance to mingle with local area space enthusiasts, and the opportunity to reflect with others about the amazing technological achievement of sending Human’s to space.  Come and join the world as we celebrate the launch of the first Human into space, Yuri Gagarin, and the first Space Shuttle launch,  STS-1 Columbia!

Ticketing has ran into a few issues this year but we have a work around. While we sort the details express your interest in tickets by sending us an email at ynhouston.tickets@gmail.com and be among the first to know the details on ticketing! (Since the event is next week we really suggest sending us an email! )

Sending us an email to the above address will guarantee you know about the ticketing information when it is finalized and don’t worry we wont use your email for anything other than our personal ticketing information or give it to anyone else. If you don’t want to send us an email, keep checking back here or on our facebook and twitter pages, we expect to have ticketing information early next week (links above and on the right).

For a few more details on ticketing information check out our celebration page and don’t forget to check out the other two events The Yuri’s 5k and Space Day!! Enjoy an entire day dedicated to Space Exploration!

Stay tuned, more details to come!

-The YN Houston Team

This year’s band:

Too often we humans find ourselves consumed by the events in our immediate area. Our time gets consumed by our personal trials and tribulations, our jobs, families, and friends. These things are important and make up our day to day lives but we must also make time to look at the grandeur picture. Take the time to ponder who we are as humans, our current place in this Universe as we know it,  where we want to go as a civilization, and what are we going to do about it?

This celebration is more than celebrating 1 person, more than celebrating technological achievements, it is celebrating Human drive and potential.

Who would have thought that we would go from not being able to fly to touching the moon and building a fast moving star (the International Space Station) in just 100 years? And what did this expansion of knowledge give us?  Well aside from being able to communicate effectively around the Earth,  bringing together Nations in space, advances in Medicine, and other benefits it has been said that one of the greatest things discovered when we sent Human’s to space is that we discovered the Earth.

The image below from Apollo 8 reinforces this idea. (Continued After)

And further probing has shown us just how small our planet is

So this Celebration is different, for we celebrate the achievements of the past as well as our continued learning and exploring of this vast Universe. So come celebrate with us and if you are in Houston, Texas this April 10th here are the three events happening:

Yuri’s 5k Fun Run - 8am @ Challenger 7 Memorial Park - Sign up here

Space Day - 11am-5pm @ Discovery Green - Free!

Yuri’s Night Celebration - 8pm-12am @ Hilton Americas - Houston (Tickets on sale Early next week!)

Stay Tuned and we’ll see you soon!

-The YN Houston Team

Hello All,

Yuri’s Night is almost here and there is a lot brewing just around the corner!  Our plan is to have the details of the Celebration finalized over this weekend so keep your eye’s alert for Ticket and Event information early next week, while keeping your April 10th evening open and ready for Yuri’s Night Houston 2010!

And while we have your attention we would like take a moment to thank this year’s major sponsors that are making it possible for AIAA Houston Section to host this great event. The dedication of our sponsors to sharing Space Exploration is exceptional and for that we thank them.

Please join us in giving Thanks to Jacobs Technology, The Boeing Co., and ERC!!

While your anticipation builds for the final details on the Celebration, don’t forget about Space Day @ Discovery Green and these two events as well:

1.)“The Future of Space” Art Contest has less than a week left!

2.) There are over 100 people signed up for the Yuri’s 5k, are you?

Alright, we’ll be back soon! Until then keep dreaming, exploring, and getting ready to celebrate with Yuri’s Night Houston 2010!!

-The YN Houston Team

Image Credit: NASA

Hello YN Houston fans,

The first portion of Yuri’s Night Houston 2010 is ready to roll out, the Yuri’s 5k Fun Run is now available for early registration! The fun run will be held at 8am Saturday April 10th at the Challenger 7 Memorial Park, the first of 3 planned events.  Proceeds from the run will go to the Challenger Center for Space Science Education so I hope you will all come out and enjoy a nice morning run with us.

For the Yuri’s 5k Fun Run, get more information here or Register Directly Here

Sign up quick as early Registration ends on March 10th!!

Be sure to stay tuned for further information on this and the other 2 events: Space Day and the Celebration. Things are definitely coming together!