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Russia test launched its Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday for the first time after technical glitches prompted officials to abort missions at the very last minute for two.
The Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket blasted off from the Vostochny spaceport in the Russian Far East at 12:00 p.m. Moscow time on April 11 after two failed attempts in the previous two days
In 2011, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) declared April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight, commemorating the beginning of the space era dating back to 1961, when the USSR s Yuri Gagarin carried out the very first human trip into the beyond.