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Thanks @UBIaero: @FirstOrbit could not have been made without our fiends @ESA. Celebrate #spacehistory and #YuriGargarin 10:45 AM Apr 13th via Twitter for Android
newstalkscience If you didn't see #firstorbit the first time, see it now. Preferably on a large screen with good speakers youtu.be/RKs6ikmrLgg 2:47 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FirstOrbit and 3 others
@merkcurie thanks! Get your own copy of @PhilipSheppard's #masterpiece from philipsheppard.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-so… - the heart and soul of #firstorbit 6:11 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck in reply to merkcurie
merkcurie Highly recommend documentary @FirstOrbit, by Chris Riley. Truly unique experience & killer score by @PhilipSheppard. firstorbit.org 5:50 AM Apr 13th via web Retweeted by FirstOrbit and 1 other
rrosste Enjoying a late #yurisnight & @firstorbit :) Missing #ISUtweetup. Nice book I read years ago (Spanish) about USSR-space alas-rojas.com 1:20 AM Apr 13th via web Retweeted by FirstOrbit
gravinaut we're having a great time here at #ISUtweetUp & #ISSandMars RT @rrosste: Enjoying a late #yurisnight & @firstorbit :) Missing #ISUtweetup. 1:24 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FirstOrbit
Sisteris Great intro by @alifeofriley and screening of @FirstOrbit at @BIS_spaceflight HQ last night, thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. 1:42 AM Apr 13th via web Retweeted by FirstOrbit
Nice write up @SpaceKate on our #yruisnight screening of #firstorbit @bis_spaceflight. spacekate.com/2012/yuris-fir… - thx 2everyone who came along! 2:45 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck
Great start to the #firstorbit season @bis_spaceflight last night. Screenings continue today with the film in French bis-space.com/2012/03/20/403… 2:36 AM Apr 13th via TweetDeck
rjmlaird Very much enjoyed #Yurisnight @BIS_Space in London. Thanks @steveslater1987 @alifeofriley and the @FirstOrbit team. firstorbit.org 6:49 PM Apr 12th via web Retweeted by FirstOrbit
SpaceKate Well I enjoyed #yurisnight watching @firstorbit - so much so I blogged about it (and my desire to get to space!) here: bit.ly/I7mjKE 6:17 PM Apr 12th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FirstOrbit and 4 others
@nicolasgregoire happy Yuri's Night to you! Manic day! Hope to catch up with you next week! & must post you a DVD! 5:07 PM Apr 12th via Twitter for Android in reply to nicolasgregoire
manuelrabade estan bien chidas las cuentas de twitter que reconstruyen la historia como @firstorbit ahora en el aniversario del vuelo de yuri gagarin... 10:00 AM Apr 12th via web Retweeted by FirstOrbit and 1 other
SpaceKate Watching #firstorbit. This is what I dream of seeing for myself one day. @firstorbit. #yurisnight 11:58 AM Apr 12th via HootSuite Retweeted by FirstOrbit and 1 other
#firstorbit team at the @BIS_Space for London #Yurusnight screening. Happy Yuri's Night everyone! 12:08 PM Apr 12th via Twitter for Android
@newscientist Join us 4our live re-creation of Yuri's pioneering #firstorbit exactly 51 years ago this minute! Over S.Atlantic heading north 12:23 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck
YG: "Everything is working normally…everything is working normally" #firstorbit 12:23 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck
BBC RADIO: "An announcement broadcast from Moscow Radio in English said… #firstorbit 12:22 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck
BBC RADIO: "That was the weather. And now a look at the news." #firstorbit 12:22 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck
BBC RADIO: The first space navigator is major Yuri Gagarin. #firstorbit 12:22 AM Apr 12th via TweetDeck

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Bio A unique film, shot entirely in space to celebrate the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering first orbit of the Earth. Join the film's 2012 campaign at..