Muzey Rkk Energiya, Mytishchi, Moskovskaya oblast’, Russia
This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.
The muted rumble of rocket engines firing. The otherworldly site of machinery easing off the ground. The arcing trail of fire across the sky, and the billowing plumes of smoke left where it once sat, back on Earth, back with us.
These were familiar sights and sounds even then, after dozens of test rockets, satellite launches, and other experiments of space flight. Some of which may or may not have even involved dogs and monkeys. Frankly, the world began to wonder what would come next, or perhaps whether anything ever would.
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