The United Nations proclaimed 12th April the International Day of Human Space Flight in 2011.
It falls on the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin from USSR. Back in 1961, he completed one orbit around Earth over 108 minutes in the Vostok 3KA spacecraft, launched from Kazakhstan. Every year, it celebrates the beginning of the space era for humankind and the contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals. It also aims to maintain outer space for peaceful purposes, such as increasing the wellbeing of nations and people.
It is also pertinent at the moment with our students following Artemis and its mission around the moon and back to Earth. Every student will now want to be an astronaut. Finding very recent titles about astronauts for young children will be a challenge.
Here's a start. These have been published in the last two years:
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