Space centers and museums
Pictures from my visits to space centers, rocket launches and space museums around the world (selected pictures from their respective country albums).
Space centers visited:
- Baikonur Cosmodrome - Roscosmos/Russian aerospace forces (Kazakhstan). Also watched the live launch of crewed mission TMA-09M to the ISS on a Soyuz rocket
- Guiana Space Center - ESA/CNES (French Guiana). Also watched the live launch of mission VA240 to place four Galileo positioning satellites in orbit on an Ariane 5 rocket
- Kennedy Space Center - NASA (Florida, USA). Also watched the live launch of test mission Orion EFT-1 on a Delta IV Heavy rocket
- ESTEC Center - ESA and Space Expo (Noordwijk, the Netherlands)
- ESOC Centre - ESA (Darmstadt, Germany)
- Tsukuba Space Center - JAXA (Japan)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA (California, USA)
- ARCA Cosmobase - Romania.
Space museums:
- Peenemunde Historical Technical Museum (Germany)
- Museum of Astronautics (Moscow, Russia)
- National Air & Space Museum (Washington, USA)
- California Science Center (Los Angeles, USA)
- Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, USA)
- Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
- Shanghai Aerospace Enthusiasts Center
- Hong Kong Space Museum
- Hong Kong Science Museum
- Space Expo (Bucharest)
- Arcaspace Space Expo (Bucharest, Romanian National Aviation Museum)
- Soyuz space capsule and Dumitru Prunariu space mission info (Bucharest, National Military Museum)
- Valencia Science Museum.
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Baikonur cosmodrome
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Soyuz TMA-09M rollout
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Transport vehicle
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Ready for launch
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Press conference
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Press conference
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Press conference
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Press conference
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Pre-flight report
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TMA-09M launch
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TMA-09M launch
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TMA-09M launch
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N1 transport vehicle
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Energia-Buran pad
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Energia-Buran pad
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Energia-Buran pad
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Energia-Buran pad
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Energia-Buran pad
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Energia-Buran pad
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Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Baikonur cosmodrome
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Buran vehicle
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Buran vehicle
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Buran vehicle
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Buran vehicle
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Soyuz capsule
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Soyuz rocket
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Proton rocket
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History Museum
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History Museum
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Venera probe
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History Museum
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History Museum
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N1 rocket
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Buran
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History Museum
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Baikonur Museum
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Baikonur Museum
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Baikonur Museum
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Baikonur Museum
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Gagarin’s house
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Gagarin’s house
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Gagarin’s house
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Korolev’s house
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Korolev’s house
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Baikonur Space School
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Baikonur Space School
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Baikonur Space School
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Baikonur Space School
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Baikonur
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Baikonur
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Baikonur
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Baikonur
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Yuri Gagarin
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Baikonur
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Kourou
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Guiana Space Center
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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VA240 launch
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Tracking station
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Soyuz launch pad
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Guiana Space Center
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Ariane control center
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Ariane control center
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Ariane control center
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Guiana Space Center
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Vega launch pad
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Ariane launch pad
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Jupiter control center
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Jupiter control center
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Jupiter control center
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Musee de l’Espace
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Musee de l’Espace
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Musee de l’Espace
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Musee de l’Espace
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Musee de l’Espace
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Musee de l’Espace
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Kennedy Space Center
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Ready for launch
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Orion EFT-1 Launch
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Orion EFT-1 Launch
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Orion EFT-1 Launch
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Kennedy Space Center
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Rocket mover
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Launch pad 39A
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Launch pad 39A
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Launch pad 39B
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Launch pad 39B
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Vehicle Assembly Building
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Escape vehicle
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Shuttle Landing Facility
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Apollo mission control
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Atlantis Shuttle
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Atlantis Shuttle
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Kennedy Space Center
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Saturn V Rocket
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Saturn V rocket
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Apollo Capsule
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Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center
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Lunar Module
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Lunar Module
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Lunar rover
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Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center
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ESTEC, ESA
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ESTEC, ESA
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BepiColombo mission
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IXV space plane, ESTEC
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ESTEC, ESA
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ESTEC, ESA
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ESTEC, ESA
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Rosetta & Philae
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Huygens
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JWST
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Hubble Telescope
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Pathfinder
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Cosmic rays
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ESTEC, ESA
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Space Expo, ESTEC
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Columbus ISS module
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Columbus ISS Module, ESTEC
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Space Expo, ESTEC
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Space Expo, ESTEC
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Paxi, ESA
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Tsukuba Space Center
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Tsukuba Space Center
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Hayabusa 2 Probe
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Kibo ISS module
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Kibo ISS module
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Kibo ISS module
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Kibo ISS module
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Kibo ISS module
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Kibo ISS module
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HTV Transfer Vehicle
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Tsukuba Space Center
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Tsukuba Space Center
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Tsukuba Space Center
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Tsukuba Space Center
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JPL, NASA
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JPL, NASA
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JPL, NASA
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JPL, NASA
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JPL, NASA
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Cassini
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JPL, NASA
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SpaceX office
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SpaceX office
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SpaceX office
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Falcon 9 Rocket
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Peenemunde Museum
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V2 Rocket replica
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First V2 artwork
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V1 Rocket replica
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V1 Rocket replica
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V1 Rocket replica
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Astronautics Museum
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Moscow
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Air & Space Museum
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Apollo capsule
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Air & Space Museum
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Air & Space Museum
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Air&Space Museum
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Moon rock
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Allan Hills Meteorite
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California Science Centre
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Apollo Soyuz module
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Gemini 11 capsule
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Gemini 11 capsule
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Heat shield
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Viking Lander
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California Science Centre
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Endeavour Shuttle
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Endeavour Shuttle
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Endeavour Shuttle
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Shuttle heat tiles
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Endeavour tank
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Hubble Telescope
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Griffith Observatory
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Shanghai Science Mus.
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Shanghai Science Mus.
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Shanghai Science Mus.
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Shanghai Science Mus.
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Shanghai Science Mus.
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Shanghai Science Mus.
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Aerospace center
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Aerospace center
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HK Science Museum
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HK Science Museum
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HK Science Museum
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HK Science Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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HK Space Museum
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Meteor Crater, Arizona
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Soyuz capsule
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Prunariu space mission
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Arcaspace Expo
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Arcaspace Expo
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Arcaspace Expo
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Arcaspace Expo
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Space Expo Bucharest
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Arca Ecorocket
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Arca Ecorocket
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Bucharest Observatory
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Bucharest Observatory
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Bucharest Observatory
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Bucharest Observatory
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Bucharest Observatory
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Expo 2020 Dubai
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Expo 2020 Dubai
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Expo 2020 Dubai
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Expo 2020 Dubai
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Expo 2020 Dubai
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Destination Cosmos
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Destination Cosmos
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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ARCA Cosmobase
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Gibeon Meteorites
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Valencia Science Museum
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Romanian Astro Institute
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Romanian Astro Institute
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Romanian Astro Institute
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Romanian Astro Institute
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Brian Cox presentation
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ESA ESOC tour
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ESA ESOC tour
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Planet Pacman
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ESA ESOC tour
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Rosetta model
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Rosetta model
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Euclid model
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BepiColombo model
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ESA ESOC tour
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JUICE model
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ESA ESOC tour
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ESA ESOC tour
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ESA ESOC tour
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ESA ESOC tour
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ESA ESOC tour
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ESA ESOC tour
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Astronaut panel
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Michael López-Alegría