YAROSLAVL, October 6 A space-themed bus will run between the Yaroslavl Planetarium and the Space Museum, the government of the Yaroslavl region reports.
According to the regional government, back in the summer, during the opening of the Cosmos Museum after reconstruction, the regional governor Mikhail Evraev took the initiative to launch a tourist route between the Yaroslavl Planetarium and the Cosmos Museum in the village of Nikulskoye. Both objects are named after the first female cosmonaut, a native of the Yaroslavl region, Valentina Tereshkova.
«For a new tourist route… additional funds will be allocated from the regional budget. The corresponding amendments were adopted today by deputies of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma,” the message says .
Governor Mikhail Evraev expressed confidence that the planetarium as an innovative phenomenon in the field of culture and education, as well as the updated exhibition of the museum, coupled with a new original form of travel between them, will attract and interest tourists of different ages.
“The walls and ceiling of the bus can become additional surfaces for creating a 3D effect and will help passengers feel like pilots of a spaceship and immerse themselves in the history of space exploration,” the press service of the regional government quotes the Minister of Culture of the Yaroslavl Region, Marina Vasilyeva.
According to her, the task of the regional government is not only to preserve the memory of the great achievements of the pioneers, but also to form an idea of modern astronautics. “It is no coincidence that for many years Russia has retained the status of a great space power,” Vasilyeva emphasized.