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APPROXIMATELY noon, Friday, February 10, 2012, the Soyuz capsule arrives by truck and will be unloaded into the Space Gallery with the Russian Space Agency ?energizing? the capsule and putting it on display. NOTE: This schedule is in flux because of travel over Snoqualmie Pass and could be at least a 2 hour process beginning at approximately noon.

 

The Museum of Flight?s Charles Simonyi Space Gallery

To attend this event or to schedule interviews, please contact Mike Bush at 253-307-3225, mbush@museumofflight.org or Lee Keller at 206-799-3805, lee@thekellergroup.com.

About the Museum of Flight

The Museum of Flight exists to acquire, preserve, and exhibit historically significant air and space artifacts, which provide a foundation for scholarly research, and lifelong learning programs that inspire an interest in and understanding of science, technology, and the humanities. For more information, please visit www.museumofflight.org.

About Charles Simonyi

Charles Simonyi is a high-tech pioneer and philanthropist as well as a space traveler. He was the architect of Microsoft Word, Excel and other widely-used application programs. He left Microsoft to found Intentional Software, which aims to develop and market computer software for knowledge processing. His passion for science and for space has led him to travel into space twice aboard Soyuz spacecraft, becoming the fifth space tourist and the first ever tourist to fly twice.