1957 - launch of the first artificial stallite, Спу́тник-1 (Sputnik-1)
1957 - first dog to orbit the Earth: Лайка (Laika)
1961 - the first man in space: Ю́рий Гага́рин (Yuri Gagarin), the first cosmonaut, orbited the Earth in Восток-1 (Vostok-1)
1963 - the first woman in space: Валенти́на Терешко́ва (Valentina Tereshkova) orbited the Earth in Восток-6 (Vostok-6)
This exhibition brings together many of the artefacts associated with these pioneering days of the Soviet Union's achievements in the Space Race with the United States, including the Vostok-6 capsule flown by Valentina Tereshkova. There is also a splendid display of Soviet posters (see below).
Dr Valentina Tereshkova with Vostok 6 in The Science Museum |
Konstantin Ianov, The road is open for humans!, 1960 |
Boris Staris, The fairy tale became truth, 1961 |
Boris Berezovsky, Glory to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union!, 1962 |
Artist unknown, Our triumph in Space is the hymn to the Soviet country!, 1963 |
Boris Berezovsky, Glory of the Space Heroes - Glory of the Soviet People!, 1963 |
U. V.Kershin and G.P. Nadezhdin, Glory to the first woman cosmonaut, 1963 |
Miron Lukianov and Vasily Ostrovsky, Through the Worlds and Centuries,1965 |
Artist unknown, Soviet Man, Be Proud! You Discovered the Path to the Stars!, n.d. |
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