A rally dedicated to 87th anniversary of birth of Yuri Gagarin was held on Vostochny

In the central square of Tsiolkovsky, near the bust of Yury Gagarin, a rally was held dedicated to the 87th anniversary of the birth of the first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin. The management of the Vostochny Space Center (a branch of the Center for Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Facilities at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), other enterprises of the Russian rocket and space industry, employees of the Vostochny Cosmodrome and city residents came to recall the 108-minute feat of Yuri Gagarin.

Dmitry Klimov, acting director of the TsENKI branch – Space Center “Vostochny”: “Yuri Gagarin will always be our example, his life was full of courage and heroism. And here, in Vostochny, we remember the feat of the first cosmonaut of the planet, we are proud

Now large-scale pre-launch work is underway at the Vostochny cosmodrome, all subdivisions of the Space Center are maximally involved, construction of various objects continues, the cosmodrome is growing and developing. We also strive to be the first and not to fail.

The meeting ended with a ceremony of laying flowers at the bust of the first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin.

/Media reports.