Korolyov or Korolev is an industrial city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, well known as the cradle of Soviet and Russian space exploration. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 183,402, the largest as a science city. As of 2018, the population was more than 222,000 people.
Monument R-2 (It was established in 1997) at the entrance to the city from the M8 Highway
The Mission control center "ЦУП" ("TsUP") of the Russian Federal Space Agency
Springtime evening panorama towards the central part of the city
City administration building
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known simply as Roscosmos, is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.
Roscosmos's headquarters in Moscow, Russia.
The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian/Soviet inventions: the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the ceiling); the first spacesuits (lower-left corner); the first human spaceflight module, the Vostok 3KA (center); the first Molniya-type satellite (upper right corner); the first space rover, Lunokhod 1 (lower right);
Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov on EVA (February 2012)
The Zarya module was the first module of the ISS, launched in 1998.
