The recovered Vostok 1 capsule on display at the RKK Energiya museum.
The RKK Energiya museum is a museum dedicated to the early achievements of Russianspace exploration programmes. It is located on the grounds of the RKK Energiya factory in Korolyov, near Moscow. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer space by both manned and unmanned spacecraft. ... S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (also known as RKK Energiya) is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components. ... Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov (a. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area - City 1,081 km² Population - City (2007) - Density 10,469,000 9684. ...
Amongst the exhibits are the recovered capsule from the Vostok 1 mission with which Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, the Vostok 6 capsule in which Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, the Voskhod 2 capsule from which the first extra-vehicular activity was performed by Aleksei Leonov and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project; the Apollo command module is a mock-up. Vostok 1 was the first manned space mission. ... Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: , Jurij AleksejeviÄ Gagarin; 9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who on 12 April 1961 became the first person in space and the first person to orbit the Earth. ... A joint flight with Vostok 5, Vostok 6 carried the first woman into space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. ... 1963 USSR postage stamp depicting Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: ; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963. ... Voskhod 2 (Russian: ВоÑход 2) was a Soviet manned space mission. ... Astronaut Bruce McCandless on an untethered EVA Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft. ... General Aleksei Arkhipovich Leonov, Soviet Air Force (Ret. ... The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint flight of the US and Soviet space programs. ...
The museum has a small shop that sells calendars and trinkets. Trinket may refer to: an object (purchased or traded) or an ornament of little value or worth (at least to one party in the transaction); Trinket Island - an island of the Nicobar Islands (also the name of its main settlement) the former name of New Zealand rock band The Datsuns...
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