Space Exploration

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.

Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

In the most arid desert on the planet, the world's leading telescope allows astronomers to see more than has ever been seen before.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

Small museum dedicated to one of the founding fathers of modern astronautics.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.