... This site is devoted to Russian cosmonautics, its principle is "it's better to see once, than to hear 100 times". Here you will find photos (including rare ones), schemes, and the most important - 3D models of spacecraft and launch pads. webmaster - Alexander Chernov, chernov@vsm.host.ru . ... 1997 . ...
... Official logo of the VSM - Who and Where? What's here? ... This site's goal - The Virtual Space Museum is currently located at the Computing Center of Russian Academy of Science ( CC RAS ). ... Here you'll find mainly VRML models of Russian spacecraft and launch facilities. ... The VSM's goal is to let you see all the Russian cosmonautics rather than to provide you with encyclopaedic information. If you need figures and descriptions, try sites listed in the Links section. ...
... View from a tower . ... in the launch table . One of 2 Energia-Buran launch pads converted from N-1. There is also one more Energia launch pad called Versatile Stand-Start Complex. ... The giant N-1 tower still exists. Moreover, it looks like most photos of Buran on the launch pad were shot from this tower. One of 2 N-1 launch pads. N-1 pads were later converted for Energia-Buran program. Proton launch pad. Mobile tower is moved away from the rocket. ...
. home - main - author - help english - russian . Buran . Energia-Buran . on the transporter . Energia with Buran . Energia with Polyus . Polyus . (a.k.a. Skif-DM) . Energia-M . Energia-Buran photos from Alexander Krasnikov's space site , . photographed by Andrey Lavrentiev : .
. home - main - author - help english - russian . The 7K-L1 spacecraft was a modified Soyuz without orbital module. It was launched with 4-stage Proton + Block-D rocket. L-1 (Zond) . Proton with L-1 . L-1 with Block D . There were several successful flights of unmanned 7K-L1 called Zond, but a manned flight was canceled. I suppose this to be L1 trainer. If I'm wrong, please mail me.
... The VSM: Lunokhod-2 25-year anniversary . Luna-21 with Lunokhod-2 landed on Moon 16 January 1973. ... All photos here except full Moon and Mare Serenitatis were made by author in NPO Lavochkina museum. ... which is very similar to Lunokhod-2, except its cameras. Luna-21 landed 15 Jan at 23:35 GMT inside 55-km Le Monnier crater on the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis. ... Frame - Mare Serenitatis . ... Any wheel could be permanently disconnected from its motor if the motor gets stuck. ...
... Spacecraft that couldn't leave Earth orbit are not shown) . ... Mars 1 . Orbiter . ... Communication was lost . ... Lander . ... Lander crashed . ... Successful soft landing . ... 21 Jul 73 . 10 Feb 74 . Missed Mars but returned photos . ... Successful orbiter . ... 5 Aug 73 . 12 Mar 74 . Communication lost just before landing . ... Missed Mars . ... Mars-3 lander . Mars-3 rover . ... Mars-1 (partially visible) atop Block-L Mars-3 . ...
. home - main - author - help english - russian . Clickable scheme of Mir base module . Mir base module . Virtual excursion: From Shuttle to Mir . Mir . Mir with Soyuz, . Progress and Shuttle . Communication satellite . Luch (Altair) . International Space . Station . Mir, front view . Right side of Mir . Bottom view . Kristall module . docking mechanism . Luch (Altair) communication satellite . "Space motorcycle" . home - main - author - help english - russian .
. home - main - author - help english - russian . N-1 rocket . N-1 on the . transporter . Block D . LOK orbiter . L-3 lander . N-1 stack after Block G separation . (hole in the shroud is for illustration only, real shroud is solid) . Warning: 4 files, 100Kb . LK engines . LK landing leg . shock absorber . Block D, rear view . Lunar surface mockup from LK trainer .
... Salyut-7 . ... Salyut-3/5 (Almaz) . ... Salyut-6/7 with . ... Proton with Salyut-2 . Inside Salyut-6 . Salyut-6 trainer . Central control post. Hatch to the transfer compartment is also visible. Note: left part of the control panel is an exact copy of Soyuz panel. ... Backward view from the very front of working compartment. Extendable shower (see below) is seen in upper left corner. ... Extendable shower . ...
home - main - author - help english - russian . Soyuz TM . Original Soyuz . Soyuz-1 - Soyuz-9) . ... ASTP Soyuz . ... Progress . ... Interior of Soyuz-T trainer . Soyuz's MIK - montazhno-ispytatelniy korpus - assembly and testing building. Left to right: launch vehicle, 2 cosmonauts in spacesuits, Soyuz spacecraft (inside a yellow framework), . shroud (a big white object) . ... in Soyuz trainer . ... Soyuz-T after landing . Soyuz descent vehicle evacuation . ...
. home - main - author - help english - russian . Sputnik rocket . on the launch pad . Sputnik-2 VRML model . Sputnik-3 VRML model . Ugolyok and Veterok .
. home - main - author - help english - russian . Here you can find: . 1. A general timeline chart which shows [almost] all russian space programs . 2. Manned flights timeline chart which shows manned missions in detail, including what craft and cosmonauts were on orbit at any particular moment .
. home - main - author - help english - russian . Vostok launch vehicle . Vostok . Voskhod . Voskhod-2 . Vostok (or Voskhod?) . on a launch pad . Vostok with Block E, . scale model . Vostok control panel . Vostok cabin . Vostok cutaway . Voskhod airlock . and spacesuit .
... These are all 74 models currently existing at the VSM. ... N-1 . ... Energia . ... Soyuz pad . Energia pad . Energia stand-start . N-1 pad . Proton pad . R-1 rocket . ... Vostok rocket . Soyuz rocket . Proton rocket . ... station . ... L-3 lander . N-1 stack . ... Mars-3 lander . ... Original Soyuz . Soyuz-10/11 . Soyuz ferry . ... ASTP Soyuz . ...