50 years ago

Today is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin making it to space.  This was the first tentative steps by Homo Sapiens to become a space faring species.  We are still in the baby steps phase of our space faring (and sadly it seems that we will remain in the baby step phase for quite some time).

In celebration, Google has a great Google Image.  There is also a great film called First Orbit that is out.  Go to the First Orbit page and give it a look.