Pupils celebrate first man in space

15th April 2011, 1:00am

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Pupils celebrate first man in space

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Hundreds of school pupils launched rockets into the air at the National Space Centre in Leicester this week to mark the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space. The centre has hosted more than 450,000 pupils since opening 10 years ago.

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