Russia: Drone light show marks Cosmonautics Day in Velikiy Novgorod

Subscribe to our channel! A drone show featuring more than 500 unmanned aerial vehicles lit up the night sky to celebrate Cosmonautics Day in Velikiy Novgorod on Sunday. The drones flew over the river Volkhov by the Velikiy Novgorod Kremlin, forming shapes including a Soyuz rocket, the first Russian satellite Sputnik 1, and the International Space Station. Cosmonautics Day is celebrated in Russia and many former Soviet states on April 12 to mark the first flight into space by a human, undertaken by Yuri Gagarin in 1961. #CosmonauticsDay #YuriGagarin #VelikiyNovogorod #Russia Video ID: 20210412-011 Video on Demand: Contact: cd@ Twitter: Facebook: