RKK Energiya museum, Mytishchi
Facts and practical information
The RKK Energiya museum is a museum dedicated to the early achievements of Russian space exploration programmes. It is located on the grounds of the RKK Energiya factory in Korolyov, near Moscow. The date of the company founding is considered on August 26, 1946, when with the order of Dmitriy Ustinov as part of the Special Design Bureau of the NII-88 was formed, department No. 3 for the design of long-range missiles. Sergey Pavlovich Korolev was appointed chief designer department of 130 people. It was this department in 1951 that was transformed into OKB-1 - now RKK Energia. Since 1991, the corporation has the name of the chief designer Korolev. ()
Mytishchi
RKK Energiya museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Federal Military Memorial Cemetery, Mytisinskij istoriko-hudozestvennyj muzej, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering, Moscow Suvorov Military School.