The Russian Space Museum

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How about paying a visit to Russian Space exploration museum? If it seems like a good idea then come inside for it.
The Yuri Gagarin greats your in the hall and invites to see seventy more photos of what inside.
 

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This is the world’s first biological satellite, in which Russian dog “Laika” has made its first flight in 1957. It’s of actual size on display.
 

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And that’s an ejecting container for animals from the “Sputnik” or satellite. In this container Belka and Strelka dogs got back to Earth in 1960.
 

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That’s boat is called after Gagarin – “Yuri Gagarin scientific research ship”. It was used in establishing links with satellites and Russian manned space missions.
 

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And this one is ground based space communication station “Orbita” or “Orbit”.
 

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The on-board log of the “Vostok” or “The East” space ship – the first manned space ship of 20th century A.D.
 

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The landing capsule of “Vostok” ship, in which Gagarin got down from the skies back to the Earth.
 

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The “Molnia” or “Lightning” satellite. Was the first Soviet telecommunication satellite used for broadcasting of Soviet television too.
 

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The “Luna-1″ or “Moon-1″ station. The world’s first space craft reaching the second space speed. After coming out from the Earth gravitational field it became the first artificial Sun orbiter.
 
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