New Space on the Space Coast - Yuri's Night at KSC 2019
Channel: Michael Shimer
Date: 18/04/2019

This was a great visit to the 2019 Yuri's Night celebration at Kennedy Space Center's visitors complex. This year's Yuri's Night KSC event was held on the 34th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' arrival at KSC - on 13 April 1985. And best of all, the party was held underneath shuttle on display in the Atlantis Center, and New Space on the Space Coast's intrepid reporter, Your's Truly, was there to cover it!

Features of this episode: 

Quick interviews with "The Everday Astronaut" (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6uK...) and Astronaut/Explorer/Gaming Hall of Famer Richard Garriott (https://richardgarriott.com/).

Clips of the speeches by Loretta Whiteside and KSC Assistant Director Kelvin Manning.

This year's Yuri's Night KSC was quite special: one of the keynote speakers was Loretta Hidalgo Whiteside, an original founder of this worldwide event that commemorates human space flight. Back in 1999. Loretta (who is a future astronaut with Virgin Galactic), her husband George, and Trish Garner first conceived the idea of a worldwide human spaceflight celebration during the Space Generation Forum at the UNISPACE III conference.

The Yuri's Night Mission:

The mission of Yuri’s Night is to use the excitement and inspiration of space as a catalyst for educating and developing the next generation of explorers. We fulfill this mission through a commitment to:

- empowering leaders: in making a difference, pursuing their dreams, and inspiring others to do the same.

- building communities: working shoulder to shoulder on visionary projects, overcoming barriers and finding common ground.

- bridging cultures: be they geographic, social or technical, we are all learning to speak each other’s languages.

- encouraging science literacy: bringing people hands-on experiences and passionate storytelling to explore their physical world and nurture their love of learning.

- promoting a sustainable and peaceful future: sharing “the Overview Effect” with all people, inspiring them to take ownership of our home planet and the future of humanity.

Yuri's Night is the World Space Party. We hope to see you dream, explore, and celebrate with us at the hundreds of YN events held around the world each April.

"Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!" 
— Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space.

https://yurisnight.net/about/

https://www.la.yurisnight.net/spacecoast