Episode 67: Technik Museum Speyer

This episode is a preview of some of the space-related exhibits in
Europe's largest aerospace museum - Speyer Technik Museum, in
Germany. If you ever go and the following may entice you to do so:
four space exhibits to look out for include the following: Soyuz
TM19 - The landing capsule Soyuz TM-19 was used by the German
astronaut Ulf Merbold to return to Earth on 4th
November 1994 following his launch in Soyuz TM-20 on 3rd October
1994. Buran - The Soviet Space shuttle Buran was a the Soviet
response to the American Space Shuttle. Two complete working
vehicles were made.  The Buran was unmanned and, although
reusable, was never actually reused. One made a single flight to
space and was later destroyed when the hangar housing it collapsed.
The other made 25 test flights, also unmanned, but only in the
Earth's atmosphere.  Following an unexpected find in
the Persian Gulf by German journalists, it was brought to Speyer in
2008. Bor-5 - To assist the Soviets in designing the Buran,
they built and flew BOR-5, a 1:8-scale model of the
Buran. Bor-5  made five unmanned sub-orbital test flights
between 1984 and 1988. Moon rock - One of the largest pieces of
Moonrock I have seen on public display. It is from the Apollo 15
mission but was unveiled at the Museum in June 2013 by Apollo 17
astronaut Gene Cernan.  If you do go, it is a big place - one
day is not enough! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwsj23qL-WI