RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN VISITS SPACE MUSEUM IN TOWN OF KALUGA

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov visit a space museum, named for rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in the town of Kaluga, 120 miles southwest of Moscow, on March 29, 2007. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) was a pioneer of astronautics who theorized of human space travel and played an important role in the development of the Soviet space programs. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)