Soyuz Videos

Soyuz Guided Experience

The best way to learn the details about a new area is with a guide! The space history experts at the Cosmosphere share the stories and details of some of the artifacts. It's a perfect way to learn or to prepare for your visit in person!

From the Space Shuttle era until the present day, NASA astronauts have used the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) on spacewalks. The Soviet equivalent, used just as long and still in use today, is the Orlan spacesuit. Here, Cosmosphere curator Shannon Whetzel demonstrates an Orlan spacesuit.

In 1965, at the height of the Space Race, the Soviet Union performed history's first spacewalk (EVA). Cosmosphere curator Shannon Whetzel discusses this major milestone in space exploration.