Sergei Pavlovich Korolyov Museum of Cosmonautics
| Музей космонавтики імені Сергія Павловича Корольова | |
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| Former name | Zhytomir Sergei Pavlovich Korolov Museum of Cosmonauts[1] |
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| Established | 1987[2] |
| Location | Zhytomir, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 50°15′13″N 28°40′40″E / 50.253627°N 28.677896°E |
| Type | Technology museum |
| Director | Irina Dmitrievna Dyachuk[1] |
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The Sergei Pavlovich Korolov Museum of Cosmonauts (Ukrainian name: Музей космонавтики імені Сергія Павловича Корольова) is a technology museum in Zhytomir, Ukraine dedicated to Sergei Korolov. Korolov led the Sputnik project and was Chief engineer for the Soviet Union's rocket and space program from the late 1950s until his death in 1966. He was born in Zhytomir, then part of the Russian Empire.
In 1970, the house in which Korolov was born was dedicated as a memorial to him, a campus of the Zhytomir Regional Museum.[1] The museum achieved independent status in 1987, and the present museum building was constructed in 1991.[2]
The museum houses around 11,000 exhibits related to rocket and space exploration, including the Soyuz 27 descent module, a small sample of lunar soil, full-size replacas of a complete Soyuz spacecraft, the Vostok 1 descent module, and the Lunokhod 2 lunar rover.[2] From 2013, 2.5 million visitors have passed through the museum's doors.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Житомирський обласний музей космонавтики ім. С.П. Корольова". Управління культури Житомирської обласної державної адміністрації. Department of Culture, Zhytomir Regional Administration. 2006. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- 1 2 3 4 "Подорож у минуле". Музей космонавтики ім. С.П. Корольова Житомирської обласної Ради. Sergei Pavlovich Korolov Museum of Cosmonauts. 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-17.