Cosmonautics Museum

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    283 7914
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    underground rail: VDNKh

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Lonely Planet review

The soaring 100m titanium obelisk outside of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre is a monument `To the Conquerors of Space', built in 1964 to commemorate the launch of Sputnik. In its base is the Memorial Museum of Cosmonauts, a high-concept series of displays from the glory days of the Soviet space program. Exhibits rely heavily on cool space paraphernalia - Yuri Gagarin's space suit, the first Soviet rocket engine, and lots of charts and diagrams of various expeditions.

The highlight is the awe-inspiring video footage from various orbit missions. Sadly there is no gift shop selling freeze-dried astronaut food.