The First Woman in Space
Ulrika Danielsson, Content Coordinator for the Cosmonauts exhibition, reflects on the first woman to travel into space.
View ArticleV-2: The Rocket that Launched the Space Age
This week (8 September 2014) marks 70 years since the first V-2 rocket attack on London. Curator Doug Millard looks back on the rocket that help start the space age.
View ArticleSpace pioneer Alexei Leonov heralds Cosmonauts Exhibition
By Pete Dickinson, Head of Communication, Science Museum Half a century after he risked his life to become the first person to go on a spacewalk, Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov today joined Science Museum...
View ArticleSpace pioneer Alexei Leonov on the birth of the space age
As Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov celebrates his birthday (30 May), Roger Highfield, Director of External Affairs, spent a day with pioneering cosmonaut for the launch of Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age.
View ArticleNext mission revealed for Dr Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space
Dr Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, today declared that she would like to join Science Museum director on a space flight during the launch of the museum’s most ambitious exhibition ever,...
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