... A Dust Devil of Mars . ... Yuri s Planet . ... On another April 12th, in 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the first human to see planet Earth from space. Commenting on his view from orbit he reported, "The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. ... Why don't those stars move? Stars in the sky will typically appear to rise and set as the Earth turns. ... Sister planet stands together with sister stars. ... What's the closest active galaxy to planet Earth? ... April . ...