Russian science and Space exploration – (Niall James Magee) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Niall James Magee

Museum: Tottori Sand Museum (Tottori, Japan)

Technique: Sculpture

During the Soviet era, the Soviet space program was highly renowned and accomplished many impressive results such as the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin) in 1961 and the first successful moon landing of an unmanned spacecraft (Luna 9) in 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia and the Ukraine continued its space program. Apart from the space program, experiments such as Ivan Pavlov