recordings from the original flight with footage of the route taken by Gagarin. The Russian, American, and Italian crew of Expedition 27 aboard the ISS sent a special video message to wish the people of the world a "Happy Yuri's Night", wearing shirts with an image of Gagarin. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation released gold and silver coins to commemorate the anniversary. The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft was named Gagarin with the launch in April 2011 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his mission. Notes References Sources Translation of Sportsmeny sovetskoĭ armii. Part 1 (pages 1–499) , Part 2 (pages 500–1011) . Further reading Jenks, A. L. (2019). The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies). DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press. External links Obituary by Associated Press, published on The New York Times, 28 March 1968 Multimedia Newsreel footage of Yuri Gagarin at Net-Film Newsreels and Documentary Films Archive First Orbit, 2011 feature film on YouTube by First Orbit First Man in Space: Yuri Gagarin, short film on YouTube by Roscosmos Photo gallery by KP.ru 1934 births 1961 in spaceflight 1968 deaths Articles containing video clips Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents Burials at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis Foundrymen People from Gagarinsky District, Smolensk Oblast Heroes of the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Georgi Dimitrov Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class Sixth convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Seventh convocation members of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union Russian aviators Russian explorers Russian cosmonauts Russian Orthodox Christians from Russia Russian Orthodox Christians from the Soviet Union Soviet Air Force officers Soviet cosmonauts Soviet space program personnel Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1968 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Soviet Union Vostok program cosmonauts Astronaut-politicians