Courtesy: Yuri's Night
Response to last month’s Yuri’s Night included inspiring space-themed videos, photos, and advertisements from around the world.
Entries in the Global Sweepstakes created winners and runners-up in a number of contests.
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the interest people have shown in these contests and the number of fantastic entries we’ve received,” said Assistant Director Brice Russ of Yuri’s night – a celebration of the first human to orbit the Earth, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, as well as a salute to NASA’s space shuttle and human exploration achievements.
“We look forward to working with this fantastic community of artists, designers and editors in the future to help bring the celebration of human spaceflight to the world,” Russ added.
Top winners
Here’s a sample of the top winners and their entries for the various contests:
“Call To Humanity” Ad Contest
Winner: “Start Exploring”
Go to:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150260006263056
“OpenLuna “Video Contest
Winner: “50 Years of Spaceflight In 50 Seconds”
Go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h3TgkAqftg
To see all the entries for the Ad Contest, visit a special Facebook Page at:
http://www.facebook.com/yurisnight?sk=photos
To view the “Final 8” entries for the OpenLuna Video Contest, visit the Yuri’s Night YouTube account at:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EF8C7A4E1E1D8E6C
Yuri’s Night is a non-profit organization dedicated to commemorating humanity’s past and celebrating humanity’s future in space by holding educational and entertainment events each April 12, the date in 1961 of the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin and the first launch of the Space Shuttle in 1981.
More information on Yuri’s Night is at:
For more information on the contests, please visit:
http://www.yurisnight.net/contests
By Leonard David