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Robert Z. Pearlman

Apollo 10, Soyuz capsule among artifacts moving to new space gallery in London

A space capsule and its orange and white parachute are seen on display with other space artifacts in a museum.

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be on display outside of the United States will soon be on the move in the United Kingdom.

The Science Museum in London has announced it is closing its "Exploring Space" gallery, which for almost 40 years has shown tens of millions of people how "humanity has ventured into orbit, traveled to the moon and explored the solar system and beyond." The gallery is undergoing a four-month phased shutdown, as its contents join other artifacts in the museum's new "Space" gallery, opening later this year.

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