Yuri’s Night Houston

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:

Hello again Yuri’s Night Fans!

It’s less than a month until this Year’s Yuri’s Night Houston Events!
This post is to announce that Space Day is a Go!

Come join us at Discovery Green in Downtown Houston on April 10th! We’ll be there from 11am-5pm with space exhibits and speakers from all experience levels from college on up. You’ll also be able to interact with various engineering groups from around the area including Engineers without Borders, Society of Women Engineers, and Texas A&M Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.  We’ll also have the pieces for ‘The Future of Space’ Art Contest up for your viewing pleasure. You can even vote and find us the crowd favorite!

So gather up your friends and family and come on out to Discovery Green and enjoy the day with us!

See you all soon!

-The Yuri’s Night Houston Team

PS: We’ll leave you with this, credit NASA