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The Museum of Soviet Space Travel

by rayascott on 4/19/19, 10:28 AM with 24 comments

• by rixrax on 4/20/19, 3:20 AM

  I’ve always been impressed with their successful rescue mission of Salyut 7[0]. And of Salyut program in general [1]. There is also a pretty good Russian dramatized movie about Salyut 7 rescue[2].

  [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_7 [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_programme [2] https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/salyut_7

• by madengr on 4/20/19, 12:01 AM

  FWIW the Kansas Cosmosphere supposedly has the most extensive Soviet space collection outside of Russia. So if you are driving across on I-70, it’s definitely worth a diversion.

  The rumor is the stuff was on tour in the USA in the 90’s with some scientists, during which the Soviet Union fell apart, and they sold all of it.

• by remarkEon on 4/20/19, 1:45 AM

  I have a lot of appreciation for the Soviet space program (this might be my favorite space story ever [0]) but it never ceases to amaze me how absolutely hideous Soviet architecture was. The concrete buildings are absolutely soulless.

  [0] https://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/the-little-known-sov...

• by kaycebasques on 4/20/19, 12:20 AM

  What is that last thing [1]? Surely that’s where Fallout got its inspiration for the eyebot?

  [1] https://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upload...

  Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

• by BasDirks on 4/20/19, 8:18 AM

  Briljant angles, compositions, and colors in these photographs.

• by ridgeguy on 4/20/19, 12:57 AM

  Is it accurate to say this is the Russian equivalent of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum? If not, what would be? I'll put it on my bucket list.