Visit spacecraft
AT NATIONAL Museum Cardiff, see the spacecraft that brought British astronaut Tim Peake back to Earth from the International Space Station. You can also relive the descent from space through a virtual reality experience.
Get up close to the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule, complete with fully-equipped interior and see the char marks on its outer body from its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. It is displayed alongside Tim Peake’s Sokol KV-2 emergency spacesuit, the spacecraft antenna, interactive displays about the International Space Station (ISS) and life in space. The free exhibition is part of a national tour presented by global technology company Samsung and the Science Museum Group.
The display of the iconic craft will be accompanied by Space Descent VR supported by Samsung, a unique virtual reality adventure using Samsung Gear VR technology. Take your seat to experience the incredible 250 mile journey back to Earth from the ISS in a Soyuz capsule. The seats will even twist and turn to give you the most realistic experience of space travel and it’s narrated by Tim Peake. Space Descent VR is available to visitors 13 years and over. Tickets are £6. Soyuz TMA-19M carried Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra on the Principia mission to the ISS on December 15, 2015, returning on June 18, 2016. It was later acquired by the Science Museum Group. Tim Peake said: “I’m absolutely delighted that my Soyuz spacecraft, the TMA-19M, is going to be returning here to the UK and may serve, hopefully, as inspiration for our next generation of scientists and engineers.”
The exhibition runs until February 10.