2011-05-02 11-07-05 ~ Monument to the Conquerors of Space as seen from Cosmonauts Alley (a wide pedestrian-only avenue leading to the Museum of Astronautics & the Monument to the Conquerors of Space from the VDNKh metro station)

2011-05-02 11-38-28 ~ The Cosmonauts Alley is punctuated by large stone memorials of important figures in the Soviet Space Program. At the end below the Monument, a statue of Soviet rocket pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky sits facing back down the path

2011-05-02 11-30-44 ~ A model of solar system

2011-05-02 11-26-57 ~ Memorial of Mstislav Keldysh, one of the key figures behind Soviet Space Program. Ostankino Tower, a free-standing TV & radio tower in Moscow, is at the back

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2011-05-02 11-25-46 ~ Memorial of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), the precursor of astronautics, is located in front of the obelisk

2011-05-02 11-19-00 ~ Monument to the Conquerors of Space. It's a giant obelisk topped by a rocket and resembling in shape the exhaust plume of the rocket