Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2011/04/12/gagarin_playmonaut/

PARIS team raises pint to Yuri Gagarin

Heroic Playmonaut toasts fellow space pioneer

By Lester Haines

Posted in Science, 12th April 2011 15:31 GMT

It won't have escaped your notice that today marks the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first manned space flight.

Well, we at the Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) bureau couldn't let the moment pass without some form of celebration, and our own heroic Playmonaut was on hand offer a hearty "За здоровье!"

The Yuri Gagarin pen holder and out own heroic Playmonaut

In case you're wondering, I picked up the magnificent Gagarin commemorative space pen holder years ago on a trip to the then Soviet Union, and have been regularly dusting it in preparation for just such a moment. ®

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