Auction of Soviet-era spacecraft

A Soviet spacecraft, which was launched twice in orbit in the late 70s of the last century, will be auctioned by German auctioneer Lempertz on May 7 in Brussels. This is the first spacecraft to be auctioned in Europe with the value of Lempertz estimated to be 1.4 million euros (1.9 million USD).

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According to a reporter in Brussels, the spacecraft above has a cockpit-shaped cockpit of 2.2m in diameter, 2.8m in diameter, weighs 1.85 tons, bringing 3 astronauts to space in July 1977 before Return to Earth a month later. The spacecraft was also used for unmanned aircraft carrying a circuit around Earth's orbit in March 1978, which was then used to test for sea-based flights during the years 1980-1982.

According to the auction house Lempertz, the spacecraft was developed during the space conquest race between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Later, British space travel company Excalibur Almaz bought the ship and ceded it to Lempertz. One of the few previous auctions was the sale of a spaceship in New York (USA), which took the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961 during the first human flight. Space.

In addition, the May 7 auction will also sell two other spacecraft at an estimated price of 55,000 - 60,000 euros. These spacecraft will be on display from April 26 before being auctioned.