Russia and Gifu space museums collaborate on January 22 7:43

As cooperation between Japan and Russia in the space field progresses, the Space Museum in Gifu Prefecture, which is engaged in promoting the aerospace industry, has signed a memorandum of cooperation with a museum on astronauts in Moscow, the capital of Moscow, and will collaborate on events etc. in the future It will be held.

The memorandum of cooperation was exchanged with the Gifu Kakagamihara Air and Space Museum and the Moscow Astronaut Memorial Museum in Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture.

The memorandum of understanding signed at the Moscow Museum on the 21st was attended by the directors of both sides and Russian astronauts.

At the ceremony, Takanori Matsui, Director of the Aerospace Museum of Gifu, said, "We have a wealth of valuable materials that show the achievements of Russia, an advanced nation in space development, and we look forward to future cooperation."

"I am confident that we can build a good cooperative relationship," said Artichuna, director of the Moscow Astronaut Memorial Museum.

The museum in Moscow shows the electrocardiogram of Gagarin, the world's first manned spaceflight, to be inspected just before the flight, and the two dogs flying in space.

At the museum in Gifu Prefecture, a full-scale model of the experimental building "Kibo" of the International Space Station is exhibited, and we will lend each exhibit and hold joint events in the future.