Celebrating Space Exploration on Yuri's Night

The Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics was opened on 3 October 1967 in Kaluga, and is named after Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a school master and rocket science pioneer who lived most of his life in this city.

One of the highlights of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum collection is the Apollo 11 Command Module, as flown by astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins to the Moon.

Research & Development Production Enterprise Zvezda was founded in 1952 to develop aviation pressure suits and in-flight refelling systems for the USSR's space research program. In the 1960s it began to design space suits, including the one worn by Yuri Gagarin.

The museum is named for Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, a native of Weatherford and one of only 24 people to have travelled to the Moon. Exhibits include materials and technology from the Space Shuttle program, Hubble Space Telescope, and the Mir Space Station.

Located within the 'Monument to the Conquerors of Space' in the north-east of Moscow, the museum celebrates the important figures and feats of Soviet space exploration, Gagarin, Sergey Korolev, Sputnik, and Soyuz.

The Vehicle Assembly Building was designed to assemble the large components of the Saturn V rocket and the Space Shuttle before they were transported to the launch pad.

In 2017, Google worked with scientists and astronauts to bring Street View to the orbiting station, so even gravity-bound Earthlings can experience the thrill of flying through space.