STORY: Russian President Vladimir Putin took part on Saturday (September 13) in the opening of the National Space Centre, created in Moscow.

The inauguration took place as part of celebrations for Moscow Day, a city wide holiday.

The opening of the National Space Centre was also attended by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ,first Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov and the head of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Bakanov who gave Putin a tour of the new centre.

According to the Kremlin, the construction of the National Space Centre has been underway since 2019 and has become a joint project of the Moscow Government and Roscosmos.

The National Space Centre will unite key organizations of the rocket and space industry - the central office and situation centre of Roscosmos, industry research institutes, design bureaus and enterprises.

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SHOWS: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 13, 2025) (RUSSIAN POOL – Access All)

1.VARIOUS OF HEAD OF RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ROSCOSMOS DMITRY BAKANOV SHOWING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN NEW NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE, MOSCOW MAYOR SERGEI SOBYANIN (LEFT) AND RUSSIA’S FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, DENIS MANTUROV ACCOMPANYING

2.VARIOUS OF PUTIN ENTERING MISSION CONTROL CENTRE

3.WALL DISPLAY IN MISSION CONTROL CENTRE

4.PUTIN GREETING COSMONAUTS SERGEI KRIKALEV AND OLEG KONONENKO

5. MISSION CONTROL CENTRE

6.BAKANOV SPEAKING

7.PUTIN SPEAKING

8.MISSION CONTROL CENTRE

9.RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ROSCOSMOS STAFF SITTING IN MISSION CONTROL CENTRE

10.PUTIN INAUGURATING NEW NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE, AUDIENCE APPLAUDING

11.ROSCOSMOS STAFF ON COMPUTERS

12.WALL DISPLAY

13.PUTIN LOOKING AT WALL DISPLAY