# UN1024 - 2011 44c Human Space Flight 50th Anniversary
50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight
On April 12, 2011, the United Nations Postal Administration issued three 16-stamp sheets commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first human entering space – Yuri Gagarin. Later that same year, the United Nations established the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). The committee’s purpose was to create a legal framework for activities in space and find ways to provide space-based technology to developed and developing nations.
50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight
On April 12, 2011, the United Nations Postal Administration issued three 16-stamp sheets commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first human entering space – Yuri Gagarin. Later that same year, the United Nations established the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). The committee’s purpose was to create a legal framework for activities in space and find ways to provide space-based technology to developed and developing nations.