RKK Energiya museum
 The Vostok 1 capsule which flew Yuri Gagarin, the first human into space. | |
  Location within Moscow | |
| Location | RKK Energiya factory in Korolyov, near Moscow, Russia |
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| Coordinates | 55°45′20″N 37°36′35″E / 55.75556°N 37.60972°E |
The RKK Energiya museum is a museum dedicated to the early achievements of Russian space exploration programmes. It is located on the grounds of the RKK Energiya factory in Korolyov, near Moscow.
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 spacewalk was performed by Alexei Leonov, the Zond 5 capsule which carried two tortoises around the Moon in 1968, and the Soyuz 19 capsule used in the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.[1]
Exhibits
- Elektron 1
- Elektron 2
- Mir with Kvant module
- Molnya 1
- Luna 2
- Luna 3
- Luna 9
- Sputnik 2
- Sputnik 3
- Venera 3
- Voskhod 2
- Vostok 1
- Vostok 6
- Soyuz 19 (used in the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project)
- Soyuz 22
- Soyuz orbital module
- Soyuz TM control panel
- Spacesuits
- Zond 5
See also
- Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
- List of aerospace museums
- National Air and Space Museum, United States equivalent museum
References
- ^ "Russia: Location of Russian Manned Spacecraft". Astronautix. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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