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:

Hello all,

Were you wanting to get an entry into ‘The Future of Space’ Art Contest but just got too busy the past couple weeks?  Well I have good news for you! We’ve decided to extend the entry time until April 9th! Now you have a little extra time to get your submissions in! We look forward to seeing your creative side!

-The YN Houston Team

That’s the only word we can use to describe this years Yuri’s Night! In the morning we had a great turn out at our 5k Fun Run and were able to raise a good amount for the Challenger Center for Space Science Education! Then in the evening Yuri’s Night Houston 2009 went to The Meridian and it was amazing! We just wanted to take a quick minute to thank all the people who showed up to support the event and all the volunteers & great sponsors that helped make it happen! Yuri’s Night Houston was definately able to celebrate those who redefine what is possible very well!

And there will be more to come in the next few days,  including a full run down of Yuri’s Night Houston 2009 and photo links etc ! Stay tuned! If you have some great shots &/or stories of Yuri’s Night Houston you can send them, or a link to them, to yurisnighthouston@gmail.com and we’ll put them all up together to tell the story.

Thanks again everyone, and remember to keep redefining what is possible!

-The Yuri’s Night Houston Team

P.S. Yuri’s Night Austin,TX celebrates  this next Saturday! Different City, Different Style, Same Cause!