Memorial Museum of Astronautics

Memorial Museum of Astronautics is a museum in Moscow devoted to the history of spaceflight, with emphasis on Soviet and Russian achievements. The museum presents artifacts, models, and interpretive displays tracing the development of rocketry and human spaceflight.

Exhibits include spacecraft hardware and replicas, cosmonaut equipment, models, photographs, and documentary materials that cover key programs and milestones in 20th-century space exploration. Displays focus on technological development as well as biographies of prominent engineers and cosmonauts.

The museum was established to preserve and present the history of the Soviet space program and subsequent Russian efforts in space. It serves researchers, students, and the public interested in aerospace history.

The museum is situated near the VDNKh exhibition grounds and the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in northeastern Moscow, making it accessible by public transport in the city.

• Location and focus: Located adjacent to the Monument to the Conquerors of Space and the VDNKh exhibition complex in northeast Moscow, it focuses on Soviet and Russian space history and technology.
• Collections: Houses spacecraft, models, space suits, and archival materials that document early rocket development, the Sputnik and Vostok programs, and later crewed missions.