RKK Energiya museum
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.
 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 |
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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