A new museum has opened its doors in Armenia; it's the Space Museum located in Garni.
Noticed the road sign a couple of times and a few days ago followed it to investigate.
We were nicely surprised by the new structure and the warm reception of the Russian guard. When both sides realized that communication was not possible he hurried out and came back with an Armenian engineer who played the role of tour-guide.
Even today most Armenians are not aware that Space astronomy research was/is conducted in Armenia. In Soviet times it was kept secret.
The Garni Institute created powerful space telescopes, took pictures of light spectrums from the space, and in 1973 compared to the American ones the Armenian telescopes could capture bigger galaxies and more accurate astronomical data on pictures.
The museum is small but authentic. Exhibited objects are the genuine apparatus used in research. There's scorched Orion, the space capsule, that performed a 10 minute flight and the brand new Dragon that never flew, wall pictures of Russian shuttle in space carrying a small Orion, scientists, and of museum's opening ceremony in June.
The museum has no entry fee but has a cauldron for donations. It has a website www.gsai.am I tried to visit it yesterday but access was denied, perhaps it's under construction.
As it is, the museum is unique and interesting, a respite from monasteries and khatchkars and yet it has a greater potential for making it into an interactive and educating centre especially for teenagers.
Congratulations on a good project.
Noticed the road sign a couple of times and a few days ago followed it to investigate.
We were nicely surprised by the new structure and the warm reception of the Russian guard. When both sides realized that communication was not possible he hurried out and came back with an Armenian engineer who played the role of tour-guide.
Even today most Armenians are not aware that Space astronomy research was/is conducted in Armenia. In Soviet times it was kept secret.
The Garni Institute created powerful space telescopes, took pictures of light spectrums from the space, and in 1973 compared to the American ones the Armenian telescopes could capture bigger galaxies and more accurate astronomical data on pictures.
The museum is small but authentic. Exhibited objects are the genuine apparatus used in research. There's scorched Orion, the space capsule, that performed a 10 minute flight and the brand new Dragon that never flew, wall pictures of Russian shuttle in space carrying a small Orion, scientists, and of museum's opening ceremony in June.
The museum has no entry fee but has a cauldron for donations. It has a website www.gsai.am I tried to visit it yesterday but access was denied, perhaps it's under construction.
As it is, the museum is unique and interesting, a respite from monasteries and khatchkars and yet it has a greater potential for making it into an interactive and educating centre especially for teenagers.
Congratulations on a good project.
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