From Rockets To Space Toilets: Unique Exhibition Celebrates Soviet Cosmonauts

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A selection of spacesuits and the TM Soyuz descent module are among the objects at the Cosmonauts exhibition. The Science Museum

“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in a cradle forever,” said the Russian aviation pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1911. The quote, displayed at a new exhibition celebrating Soviet space success, still seems relevant today. After a few missions to planets near and far, there is now talk about manned missions to Mars – and perhaps even colonisation.