YURI GAGARIN’SLEGACY50 YEARS ON – SECURING THE VISION FOR THE NEXT HALF CENTURY

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LONDON / 16 MARCH 2011

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On the 12 April 1961, Vostok 1 lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam) in Kazakhstan with cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin on board. Gagarin was the first human being to leave the Earth’s atmosphere, and although his flight was to last only 1 hour 48 minutes, circling the Earth just once, it provoked important political, social, cultural and technical changes, and changed humanity’s perspective of its place on Earth forever.

The fiftieth anniversary of this flight provides an opportunity for a conference combining elements of historical review, assessment of the social and cultural impact of the event in the UK, Russia, and worldwide, and consideration of areas of scientific endeavour of common interest to both Russia and the West. The anniversary occurs as the long term objectives and strategy for human spaceflight are being questioned in both Russia and the West, making this an appropriate moment to revisit that first flight.

YURI GAGARIN’SLEGACY50 YEARS ON – SECURING THE VISION FOR THE NEXT HALF CENTURY

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Welcome and Opening RemarksAVM David Couzens, President, Royal Aeronautical Society

Opening Keynote Address: HRH Prince Michael of Kent

Keynote Speech: Russian Embassy Presentation (TBC)

Keynote Speech: Vitaly Davidov, Roscosmos

SESSION 1: GAGARIN: MAN & MISSION

1 I’m not that interested in space!: How Yuri Gagarin took John Kennedy where he did not want to goProf Gerard DeGroot, Professor of Modern History, University of St Andrew’s

Networking Break & Coffee

2 Title TBCRoscosmos Speaker (TBC)

3 The Space Flight of Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, 12th April 1961Nick Spall, Freelance Space Writer

4 The Media PerspectiveReg Turnill, BBC Aviation & Space Correspondent 1958-1975

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SESSION 2: RUSSIA – UK COLLABORATION

5 ISTC: Developing International Cooperation in Space ResearchAdrian van der Meer, Executive Director, International Science & Technology Centre (ISTC)

6 Space MedicineVadim Gushin, Director, Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP)Dr Kevin Fong, Co-Director, Centre for Altitude, Space & Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE)

7 Disaster Monitoring & Response: The Russian Satellite ProjectDr Vitaly Chmyrev, Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of SciencesProf Alan Smith, Director, Mullard Space Science Laboratory

Networking Break & Tea

8 An Exchange of Visions: Commonality in Russian and British Space ThinkingMark Hempsell, Future Programmes Director, Reaction Engines Limited

9 UK - Russia Collaboration on Small SatellitesSpeaker TBC, Surrey Satellite (SSTL)

Panel Discussion: GAGARIN’S LEGACY

Concluding RemarksProf Keith Mason, Chief Executive, Science & Technology Facilities Council

Evening Reception

PROGRAMME – WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2011

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