NEW YORK (AP).- A Russian spacesuit worn during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project skyrocketed to $242,000 at a New York City auction. Bonhams had estimated it at $100,000 to $150,000. The auction house didn’t disclose the buyer of the Sokol K pressur…
Russian Businessman Evgeny Yurchenko Buys Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s, 50 years after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into outer space, the Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule that paved the way for his historic mission sold for $2,882,500 to Evgeny Yurchenko, ch…
Kunsthalle Wien and Museum of Natural History of Vienna Present ‘Space: About a Dream’
VIENNA.- Outer space is not only a physically extending sphere, but also a symbol: for centuries, man’s dreams and visions have been concerned with conquering the “extraterrestrial zone,” with getting to know worlds beyond Earth, and eve…
Kunsthalle Wien and Museum of Natural History of Vienna Present ‘Space: About a Dream’
VIENNA.- Outer space is not only a physically extending sphere, but also a symbol: for centuries, man’s dreams and visions have been concerned with conquering the “extraterrestrial zone,” with getting to know worlds beyond Earth, and eve…
Sotheby’s to Offer Iconic Piece of Space History That Paved the Way for Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Flight
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Nearly 50 years ago, on 12 April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin rocketed out of the Earth’s atmosphere aboard the small, spherical Vostok 3KA-3 Space Capsule, becoming the first man to travel into outer space. Three weeks prio…
Fundación Botín Pays Homage to Russia’s Early Efforts to Conquer Space
SANTANDER, SPAIN – Eighty-three years
later, after
man landing on the moon and robots traversing Mars, after the
construction of
international space stations, after probes to Mercury, Venus, Jupiter,
Saturn
and beyond, another exhibiti…
Fundación Botín Pays Homage to Russia’s Valiant Efforts to Conquer Space
SANTANDER.- Eighty-three years later, after man landing on the moon and robots traversing Mars, after the construction of international space stations, after probes to Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and beyond, another exhibition —The Cosmos of t…