Calling all humans!   It’s time to fasten your seatbelts and make sure Houston’s ready for takeoff, because today we’re celebrating Human Space Flight!  So put on your best space suit, hop in whatever craft is available to you, as Sam teaches us how to party like it’s 1961 and celebrate the incredible phenomenon of humans in space.  Just don’t forget to bring a towel!

Golden Record on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-golden-record-greetings-and-sounds-of-the-earth-ep/781546799

Golden Record on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1awkBQi0DpBPwGArMwSSI9?si=4P_VkV4bTXWsWlKBE3KJow

Solar Eclipse Viewer Instructions: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/build-a-solar-eclipse-viewer/#:~:text=Make%20a%20simpler%20version%20of,of%20the%20sun%20is%20formed.

SOURCES:

• https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-spaceflight-day
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yuri-Gagarin
• https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/50_years_of_humans_in_space/Yuri_Gagarin
• https://www.history.com/news/napoleon-complex-short
• https://www.livescience.com/33185-yuri-gagarin-vostok-1-faq-facts.html
• https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-lyrid-meteor-shower/
• https://www.space.com/predicting-voyager-golden-records-distant-future
• https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/golden-record-cover/
• https://www.planetary.org/
• https://www.seti.org/
• https://www.nasa.gov/
• https://time.com/5309905/how-high-do-planes-fly/

Production by Charlie Brewer

Cover art by Ian Anderson
Music by ScottHolmesMusic.com

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