International Day of Human Space Flight 2022: 12 April

• The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated annually on April 12 to mark the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961.
• The day was proclaimed at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly on April 7, 2011, a few days before the 50th anniversary of the flight.
• In Soviet Union, the day is observed as International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics.