One Small Step: Tim Peake's Spacecraft @ Ulster Transport Museum

I was reminded of these lines from Seamus Heaney's poem 'Alphabets':

As from his small window

The astronaut sees all that he has sprung from,
The risen, aqueous, singular, lucent O
Like a magnified and buoyant ovum -

'The National Tour of Tim Peake’s Spacecraft includes the Soyuz TMA-19M capsule – complete with equipped interior and char marks on its outer body from its re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere – and is displayed along with its 25-metre diameter parachute, and the Sokol KV-2 emergency suit Peake wore during his Principa mission.

The display of the iconic craft will be accompanied by Space Descent VR, a unique virtual reality adventure using Samsung Gear VR technology.

Narrated by Tim Peake himself, Space Descent VR recreates the experience of making the incredible 250-mile journey back down to Earth from the International Space Station inside a Soyuz capsule.' 

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/video-tim-peakes-spacecraft-lands-at-ulster-transport-museum-37831728.html