Yuri’s Night honors past and future of space flight

Dave Boch was in eighth grade when Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin first orbited the earth. “Growing up during the height of the space program was continuingly exciting,” Boch said. Boch, a 64-year-old, retired math teacher from Ithaca, N.Y., remembers watching Gagarin’s journey on television. That was 52 years ago, on April 12, 1961. “Yuri is … Continue reading →