“Life in Space”, an exhibition to discover with your head in the stars, in Basel

Fans of space conquest will be delighted. A major exhibition dedicated to space is in full swing in Basel. Replicas of rockets, rovers and Moon fragments can be discovered until April 26, 2024.

Who has never dreamed of setting foot on the Moon? ? The exhibition Life in Space comes to delight budding astronauts with a large collection of space equipment and around a hundred period objects. In an immersive atmosphere, capsules which transported the first astronauts to the Moon are revealed, reproduced in real size. A journey into the heart of the cabins of the first space adventurers.

Models of flight suits are also to be discovered. There are Soviet outfits like the one worn by Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut to fly into space in 1961 and, not far away, white NASA A7L suits, used during the Apollo missions in the 1990s. 1970.

Reproductions of lunar rover can be observed along the route. These machines allowed astronauts to travel to the Moon as part of Apollo 15. The animals that contributed to the conquest of space are not left behind. It is possible to discover the interior of the Sputnik spacecraft 2, the device that transported the dog Laïka. She was the first living being to go into space, but died quickly during the experience.

The exhibition also gives pride of place to the daily life of astronauts. Visitors can learn about food in space, with freeze-dried rations and the toilet system aboard the ISS, the International Space Station. For the bravest, a multiaxial simulator reproduces astronaut training. The goal : learning to concentrate in conditions of complete disorientation. To do this, the visitor is installed in a seat which rotates simultaneously on three axes.

The exhibition has already toured Europe via Greece and Spain, and is expected to travel to Florida next year.

“Life in Space”, until the 26th april 2024, Messe Basel, Basel (Switzerland), approximately 26 euros