RAILSTAFF DECEMBER 2017
Steaming into the space age The National Railway Museum (NRM) in York is to host astronaut Tim Peake’s spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-19M, during its UK tour next year.
The 1.5-tonne capsule will be displayed alongside the likes of Mallard and Evening Star from January 17 thanks to a partnership between Samsung and the Science Museum
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Group, of which NRM is a member. Soyuz TMA-19M carried Tim Peake to and from the International Space Station (ISS), where he was stationed between December 2015 and June 2016. The exhibit includes a virtual reality (VR) experience, narrated by Tim Peake, which will allow visitors to experience what it’s like to make the 250-mile journey to the ISS. National Railway Museum director, Judith McNicol, said: “It’s hard to express how excited we are to be hosting Soyuz in our museum in York. The Soyuz capsule represents one of history’s most incredible technological feats, and this is an unmissable opportunity for visitors young and old to see the craft that took Tim Peake all the way to the Space Station and back. “Due to the National Railway Museum being part of the Science Museum Group, it allows us to host such a unique part of science history and is the start of an exciting new adventure for the museum.” Tim Peake said: “You do become very attached to your spacecraft because it definitely does save your life. I’m absolutely delighted that my Soyuz spacecraft, the TMA-19M, is going to be returning here to the UK and may serve, hopefully, as inspiration for our next generation of scientists and engineers.”
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