From Leningrad to the Moon

from 15 November 2019 to 17 December 2019

Peter and Paul Fortress, Ioannovsky ravelin, the Museum of Space Exploration and Rocket Technology

60 years ago in September and October 1959, the Soviet Luna-2 and Luna-3 Automatic Interplanetary Stations were the first in the world to make successful flights to the Moon. Luna-2 delivered pennants to the Moon, and Luna-3 took pictures of its reverse invisible side. An exhibition is dedicated to the Soviet lunar program and tells about the contribution of Leningrad scientists, designers, engineers to the Moоn exploration.

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