Vostok Rocket in Moscow

Vostok 8K72K Rocket

The Vostok 8K72K rocket displayed at VDNKh.

I think I recorded it once on this blog already but these are different pictures and they are from April 2016.

The Vostok 8K72K was a rocket derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme.

This and similar rockets launched the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) and the first manned spacecraft (Vostok) in human history.

Here it is seen at the VDNKh exhibition center in April 2016.

Vostok Rocket

The Vostok Rocket at VDNKh in northern Moscow seen on an overcast grey September day earlier this year (2015).

Derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM, Vostok rockets launched both the first artificial satellite ("sputnik") and the first manned spacecraft in human history on the Vostok Spacecraft.

Here it looks as if it's levitating.