This page has a link to what seems to be the official website, but I can't get the latter to work?
Same here. Oh well, I'm sure the wait will be worth it
Last 12th April, on the Cosmonautics day, the Moscow Memorial Museum of Spaceflight has opened for public after 3 years long renovation and expansion work. I've used a chance to take a visit to this museum last Sunday.
The exhibition itself was outstanding, no one could see anything like this in Russia for years. I believe this is important enough to be posted in the Space Flight news, because the museum's halls are full of real space flight relics and lively models which may put a great inspiration into all the kids who are now visiting it.
I've taken lots of pictures there, all of which you can see in my picasa album.
You are welcome to page through and comment on the pictures!
Moscow Memorial Museum of AstronauticsI hope you can find the event to be one more reason to visit Russia and Moscow one day and see everything with your own eyes.
I've taken lots of pictures there, all of which you can see in my picasa album.
You are welcome to page through and comment on the pictures!
Moscow Memorial Museum of Astronautics
I hope you can find the event to be one more reason to visit Russia and Moscow one day and see everything with your own eyes.
The link to your album doesn't work. Can you check and repost? Thanks.
The link to your album doesn't work. Can you check and repost? Thanks.
Thank you for noticing. Reposted.
Спасибо Siberian Tiger !!
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for noticing. Reposted.
Great photographs! I visited the exterior in 2006. Do you have any pictures of the exterior? I heard a new statue of Korolev was outside? Is that true?
Thank you for sharing the pictures.
Great pictures! Wish I could visit that place. Thanks for posting.
The new museum looks fantastic - high time and best wishes for their new incarnation! There's some kind of fitting irony in Korolev being publicly honored at least with a statue. I gather the avenue of star-shaped monuments leading to the classic pylon is also new.
I visited the place in late 1990 - it has obviously changed almost beyond recognizability. Here are some images scanned from slides taken back then. I always thought the cosmonaut in front of the stained glass looked like a direct update of Orthodox iconography with a bit of western churchiness thrown in. The tour guide said that was the actual Vostok 1 - only later did I learn that, like pieces of the True Cross, it had multiplied in later years. The lighting was likewise tuned to evoke reverence - I had to talk my way back into the hall after the tour, convincing the guides that I had no flash and very sensitive film. (My feet were also a bit too big for the required protective overshoes, which didn't help my case much).
Photo gallery at the "English Russia" site (lots of images; try to avoid reading the inane reader comments at bottom of page, though)
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