Yuri Gagarin Gets Memory Holed by American Space Advocacy Group

Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, who has been dead for nearly 54 years, found himself a trending topic on Saturday due to an unusual move by the American nonprofit Space Foundation. An April event, which for the past seven years was called “Yuri’s Night,” has had its name changed to “A Celebration of Space: Discover What’s Next.” The website Futurism spotted the now-deleted note, which read that the alteration was made “in light of current world events” and that “the focus of this fundraising event remains the same—to celebrate human achievements in space while inspiring the… Read Full Article