Portrait of Gagarin spread on highest tower of world in Dubai

In Dubai to the 60th anniversary of the first flight of a person in space, the portrait of the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on the facade of the highest tower of the world – “Burj-Khalify”. This is reported by TASS.

The action lasted about three minutes.

Consul General of Russia in Dubai Oleg Fomin commented on the action, thanking the Space Agency of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “There is no such country in the world where the name of our glorified astronaut would be known. We are very pleased that the UAE Space Agency supported the initiative of the Russian side on the coverage in such a beautiful and original form of the 60th anniversary of the first flight of a person in space,” – He explained.

also expressed his gratitude to the Arab partners representative of Roskosmos State Corporation in the Persian Gulf of Anatoly Krasnikov. According to him, this is a bright sign that the UAE “is seriously tuned for bilateral and mutually beneficial cooperation.”

Previously, 108 minutes of the flight of Gagarina were tesled in a single video. Clips “VKontakte” to the 60th anniversary of the first flight of a person in space launched the first interactive cartoon. Users will be able to see space through the eyes of Yuri Gagarin.

April 12 marks the day of cosmonautics. 60 years ago, the carrier rocket brought the ship “East-1” to the orbit. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was on the ship. He became the first person who was flying to outer space. The flight lasted 108 minutes, the landing occurred in the village of Usmorier.

/Media reports.