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Russian space hardware exhibition london england
by
friendship seven
on 05 Sep, 2015 19:39
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This may interest some members
Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age Exhibition
Opens 18 September 2015 at the Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London,
Cosmonauts will reveal the most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK, including:
Vostok 6: the capsule flown by Valentina Tereshkova, the first ever woman in space
Voskhod 1: the first multiple-crew spacecraft
LK-3 Lunar Lander: a single cosmonaut craft built to compete with Apollo
a collection of gadgets that cosmonauts – and pioneering space dogs – need to live in space, including a shower, toilet, medical instruments and survival kits for crash landings.
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Nicolas PILLET
on 05 Sep, 2015 19:55
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LK-3 Lunar Lander
I really don't know from where this name "LK-3" came from...
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#2
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Bob Shaw
on 05 Sep, 2015 22:03
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By hook or by crook, I'm going to go to the exhibition.
I can't say just how much I've wanted to see actual LK hardware!
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#3
by
manboy
on 06 Sep, 2015 05:00
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This may interest some members
Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age Exhibition
Opens 18 September 2015 at the Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London,
Cosmonauts will reveal the most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK, including:
Vostok 6: the capsule flown by Valentina Tereshkova, the first ever woman in space
Voskhod 1: the first multiple-crew spacecraft
LK-3 Lunar Lander: a single cosmonaut craft built to compete with Apollo
a collection of gadgets that cosmonauts – and pioneering space dogs – need to live in space, including a shower, toilet, medical instruments and survival kits for crash landings.
I know wikipedia really needs some pictures of the LK lander and its docking system.
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#4
by
JAFO
on 06 Sep, 2015 06:18
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Want to go.
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#5
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Danderman
on 08 Sep, 2015 23:36
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By hook or by crook, I'm going to go to the exhibition.
I can't say just how much I've wanted to see actual LK hardware!
Obviously, there are a limited number of LKs still in existence, so the question is which LK will be sent to London. My guess is the LK that is currently at Energia's Demonstration Room, the one painted white, which used to be located underground near TsUP. AFAIK, Energia no longer has access to any other LKs.
This LK was literally chopped into pieces to be able to bring it from the territory of Energia to its storage location by TsUP, and was subsequently restored when brought back to Energia.
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#6
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Nicolas PILLET
on 09 Sep, 2015 05:06
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No, this is MAI's LK. I was in MAI last May, and it had already departed to London.
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#7
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Phillip Clark
on 19 Sep, 2015 18:39
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Does anyone have any ideas if there are "Russians in residence" at the exhibit? And if there are, where they might be from? I would enjoy a chat with someone from JSC Progress .............
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#8
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Nicolas PILLET
on 29 Sep, 2015 20:46
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#9
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Phillip Clark
on 30 Sep, 2015 06:52
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#10
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Nicolas PILLET
on 30 Sep, 2015 07:22
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Someone had posted on Facebook that people aren't allowed to take photos at the exhibition. Or did you take some "on the quiet"?
I am "someone" !
I've managed to get a "special authorization"...
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#11
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Phillip Clark
on 30 Sep, 2015 08:02
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Someone had posted on Facebook that people aren't allowed to take photos at the exhibition. Or did you take some "on the quiet"?
I am "someone" !
I've managed to get a "special authorization"...
In that case I will need to find a similar "someone" to go with!
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#12
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Prober
on 30 Sep, 2015 18:41
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#13
by
plutogno
on 16 Nov, 2015 08:49
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I was there yesterday. The exhibit is absolutely amazing!
on the other hand, everybody was taking pictures and no one told anything. I will put mines on Flickr one of these days.
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#14
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plutogno
on 19 Nov, 2015 19:50
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#15
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NovaSilisko
on 19 Nov, 2015 19:56
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#16
by
Prober
on 19 Nov, 2015 21:58
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#17
by
gwiz
on 20 Nov, 2015 13:58
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I saw the exhibit on Wednesday, very impressive as everyone says. The way they shoehorned three couches sideways into Voskhod 1 was incredible.
On my day, there was someone saying "no photos" as I went in and people were obeying.
The book of the exhibit is worth getting, but you'll find better pictures of the LK in this thread.
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#18
by
Proponent
on 04 Dec, 2015 10:29
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I really don't know from where this name "LK-3" came from...
LK = Лунный Корабль = Lunniy Korabl' = Moon Ship.
If memory serves, LK-1 referred to the Zond circumlunar vehicle and LK-2 was some kind of unmanned lunar rover.
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#19
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saturnapollo
on 04 Dec, 2015 11:22
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I was thinking of going until I read you weren't allowed to take photos. Probably because they want to sell merchandise (there's quite a substantial book to go with the exhibition).
In that case I will need to find a similar "someone" to go with!
Phill - I think YOU are the someone special. If anyone should be given special permission it should be yourself.
Keith
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#20
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the_other_Doug
on 05 Dec, 2015 01:49
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I really don't know from where this name "LK-3" came from...
LK = Лунный Корабль = Lunniy Korabl' = Moon Ship.
If memory serves, LK-1 referred to the Zond circumlunar vehicle and LK-2 was some kind of unmanned lunar rover.
And LOK was Moon Orbital Ship, the Soyuz variant that played the CSM role in the Soviets' LOR plan.
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#21
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Nicolas PILLET
on 05 Dec, 2015 09:20
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I really don't know from where this name "LK-3" came from...
LK = Лунный Корабль = Lunniy Korabl' = Moon Ship.
If memory serves, LK-1 referred to the Zond circumlunar vehicle and LK-2 was some kind of unmanned lunar rover.
No. There were three separate programs :
- L-1 : spaceship for orbiting the Moon. It would later become the "Zond" spaceship, launched by Proton-K.
- L-2 : vehicle to move on he surface of the Moon. It would later become Lunokhod.
- L-3 : spaceship to land on the moon, launched by N-1.
L-3 is made of LOK (equivalent to Apollo CSM) and LK, the lunar lander.
But "LK-3" means nothing. I don't know why London Science Museum uses this name.
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#22
by
tonya
on 20 Jan, 2016 19:23
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I saw this myself a few days ago, and would urge anyone else who can see it to do so before it closes in March. The LK is obviously grabbing most attention and it's a fascinating machine to see. It was slightly larger than I was expecting, and once you factor in the crasher stage not that different to the LEM (the science museum has a high fidelity replica of the LEM on permanent display).
The most surprising display was the Voskhod 1 capsule. You cannot imagine how cramped the inside is until you see it, and it's in very stark contrast to the Vostok directly next to it.
I think the only change to the exhibit I would have liked, would have been the ability to walk around the LK. As it is shown you can't see the back of the machine or even the sides that well. With the Vostok, Voskhod and Soyuz on the other hand, there are museum staff available with mirrors to help you look inside. I was able to take a few photographs with permission. They won't allow anyone to use flash, there was actually a photographer for the museum there who was working without any lights. I think they might also stop people at busier times, I went before midday.
