Google’s Yuri Gagarin Logo For 50th Anniversary Of Human Spaceflight
Today on Google you will find a logo of a spaceflight and astronaut remembering the 50th anniversary of when Yuri Gagarin was the first human to take a spaceflight. He completed an orbit of the Earth on a Soviet Union backed Vostok spacecraft on April 12, 1961. He instantly became a hero in his country […]
Barry Schwartz on April 12, 2011 at 9:00 am | Reading time: 1 minute
Today on Google you will find a logo of a spaceflight and astronaut remembering the 50th anniversary of when Yuri Gagarin was the first human to take a spaceflight. He completed an orbit of the Earth on a Soviet Union backed Vostok spacecraft on April 12, 1961. He instantly became a hero in his country and around the world.
Here is a video of the animated logo:
Yuri Gagarin lived only 34 years, being born on March 9, 1934 and dying in a mysterious routine training flight on March 9, 1934.
Related Stories:
- Google’s Ice Cream Sundae Logo
- Google Logo & “Pegwoman” Celebrate 100th Anniversary Of International Women’s Day
- Google’s Jules Verne Logo Powered By CSS3 & Accelerometers
- The Google Rosa Parks Logo
- The Flintstones Google Logo: Yabba-Dabba Do!
- Google’s Spinning Buckyball Logo
- Video: Meet The Google Doodlers
- Insert Coin, Play Pac-Man — In The Google Logo! A 30th Anniversary Tribute
- Those Special Google Logos, Sliced & Diced, Over The Years
Related stories
New on Search Engine Land