04/12/2023
π April 12 is the International Day of Human Space Flight!
π¨βπ On this day in 1961, for the first time in history, a man orbited the Earth, opening the era of manned space flight. The launch was led by our countryman, a native of Ukraine, Serhii Korolev, who was the head of the rocket program at that time and widely considered the founder of the world's practical cosmonautics.
Not many people know, but the first song performed in space was in Ukrainian. It was presented by our Ukrainian astronaut Pavlo Popovych on August 12, 1962, when he sang the song "Watching the sky and thinking a thought" by request of Serhii Korolev.
The contribution of Ukrainian scientists to global astronautics is enormous. Today's successes in astronautics are the result of the efforts and selfless work of many thousands of people, romantics who make yesterday's dreams come true every day.
Every year on this day, we honor the feat of the rocket and space industry workers of past generations and those who continue the traditions of Ukrainian rocketry, aviation and cosmonautics.
At Culver Aviation, we are proud that among our partners and employees there are people who are sincerely in love with the sky and continue to contribute to the progress of innovative industries.
Our colleague, Culver Aviation R&D engineer Vladislav Yakimenko, heads the rocket and space engineering club phoenix.rockets, which teaches young future engineers the techniques of making flying models, the basics of aerodynamics, strength, balance and controllability of rockets, airplanes, gliders, model aircraft and multi-rotor systems.
Culver Aviation's partner and good friend Pylyp Dukhliy is a co-founder and director of the alternative school brobots, where students study programming, robotics, electronics, modeling, etc. along with general education subjects.
The Culver Aviation team sincerely congratulates everyone involved on the Day of Human Space Flight! We wish success, professional achievements and new ideas to all those who strive to reach the sky and fly even higher!