50 years ago today - USSR puts first man into orbit around the earth
30 years ago today - NASA launched the 1st Space shuttle and on the 29th April there will be the launch of the last of the present style of shuttles - nearly as long-lived as Land Rover products!

I was 4 when Gaugarin made his first space flight - I don't remember it, I was 24 when the first shuttle was launched - I must have been working that day as I don't remember either (or my memory is falling me in my old age!) 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes