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Object Name: Model, Tsiolkovsky Space Craft
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A20110015000

	Object Name
	Model, Tsiolkovsky Space Craft

	Metadata Usage
	CC0

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv914a4d6aa-69c2-4166-90e0-90c0bb6de95d

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Owner
	Tsiolkovsky Space Museum

	Materials
	Plastic, metal, foam rubber, lacquer paints

	Dimensions
	3-D: 36.7 × 132.1 × 38.3cm (1 ft. 2 7/16 in. × 4 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 3 1/16 in.)

	Summary
	Soviet model makers built this spacecraft based on the designs and notes of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Late in his life, much of Tsiolkovsky's theoretical work focused on ideas about transporting humans into space on board rockets. Although this model, reflecting the scientist's ideas, grossly overestimates the living space available on board a rocket, it does convey a sophisticated understanding of the physical constraints of space travel for that time. Among Tsiolkovsky's concerns were the effects of acceleration and weightlessness on the human body.

	Summary
	Gift of the Tsiolkovsky Russian National Space Museum, Kaluga, Russia.

	Country of Origin
	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

	Credit Line
	Gift of Tsiolkovsky Space Museum, Russia

	Inventory Number
	A20110015000

	Type
	MODELS-Science Fiction

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