Modern days' Argonauts have found a new base, Russia, to depart from to explore the New Frontier, from dusk to dawn, when the firmament reveals itself to our amazed eyes all its splendour, when the morning stars sing together, and all the sons of God shout for joy.
When looking at the Monument to the Conquerors of Space, one could argue that gigantism from the Soviet era still defines the mindset of this new ambition, but as the Western civilisation rests on — or rather today falls from — the gigantism of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Russia is striving to propel its people from its existing past heritage used as a stepping-stone turned into a launching pad...
Monument to the Conquerors of Space, made in titanium, located outside the main entry to today's Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh), Moscow, 2023.
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Statue of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, often referred to as the father of astronautics and human spaceflight, in front of the Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow, 2023.
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Statue of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, often referred to as the father of astronautics and human spaceflight, Moscow, 2023.
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Statue of Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey, engineer and designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow, 2023.
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