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Explore iconic objects including a three-billion-year-old piece of the Moon, the Soyuz descent module and the Apollo 10 command module.

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Moon rock

Moon rock

Omega Speedmaster watch

Omega Speedmaster watch

1960s
Instrument panel from 1 of 3 Apollo Command Module simulators

Instrument panel from 1 of 3 Apollo Command Module simulators

1966
Main parachute in bag from Soyuz descent module TMA-19M

Main parachute in bag from Soyuz descent module TMA-19M

2015
Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

Prototype beam splitter for the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (aLIGO)

2008 (prototype)
RL10 engine

RL10 engine

1962
Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Lightweight Headset

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Lightweight Headset

1965
Apollo Survival Radio

Apollo Survival Radio

1970
Solar-electric thruster with pointing mechanism

Solar-electric thruster with pointing mechanism

2015
Early thruster prototype for satellites by Magdrive

Early thruster prototype for satellites by Magdrive

2024
Early thruster prototype for satellites by Magdrive

Early thruster prototype for satellites by Magdrive

2020
Early thruster prototype for satellites by Magdrive

Early thruster prototype for satellites by Magdrive

2022
LEMUR2 v4.4 nanosatellite by Spire Global

LEMUR2 v4.4 nanosatellite by Spire Global

November 2020
Soyuz TMA-19M Descent Module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

Soyuz TMA-19M Descent Module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

2015
Mission patch for Magdrive's 'Going Rogue' mission to test their new thruster in space. Children from the UK were invited by the Science Museum and Magdrive to design a patch for the new 'Going Rogue' mission. The winning design was by Troy, aged 12, who won the competition in 2025. The thruster travelled on the satellite 'Ion'. Over 1,500 children entered the competition.

Mission patch for Magdrive's 'Going Rogue' test mission

2025
Recovery Antenna for Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”, Russia, 2015. This antenna pops out just as the descent module lands and is used as a location beacon in case of landing off course.

Recovery Antenna for Soyuz TMA-19M descent module

2015
Upper Handling Adaptor (or ring) for Full size Black Arrow rocket third stage booster, code named 'Waxwing'.

Upper Handling Adaptor for Full Size Black Arrow Rocket Third Stage Booster

1971
Yuri Gagarin statue after Anatoly Novikov, 2010. This is a replica of a 1984 statue by Anatoly Novikov at the Technical College in Lyubertsy, Russia, where Gagarin trained. The display of this statue and 'Gagarin in Britain' exhibition (2011) were organised by Roscosmos and the British Council to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight, and the life of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and the early Soviet space programme.

Statue of Yuri Gagarin after Anatoly Novikov, 2010

2010 (original 1984)