As the final event in our COSMOS: Reverse Perpective exhibition season, and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first man-made object to pass Venus (the Soviet Venera-1 probe), we're joined by an anthropologist - Tim Ingold, a historian - Yehuda Safran, and a psychologist - Vadim Ryabikov, as well as the artists and curators of the exhibition. They'll be discussing the philosophy and experience of space, and we'll be hearing from students in Russia who answer the question "Would you like to go into space?"

How does the ability of the human imagination to shape the world translate to the way our cities are built, and how will change in the age of space travel? Find out in this fascinating discussion and Q&A, featuring academic Yehuda Safran joining from Central Park, artist and architect Gleb Sobolev joining from Moscow's Kolomenskoye Park, and artist Liz Davis joining from Greenwich, with curator Pierre d'Avoine. Artist Marina Sokolova and curator Anna Gorskaya will join from Moscow’s Sparrow Hills, and Michał Milczarek will join from Krakow to discuss the city’s spires.

9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile – originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead – and blasts into the skis. His name is Yuri Gagarin and he is about to make history. Join Stephen Walker, in conversation with celebrated British travel writer Colin Thubron, as he speaks about his new book, Beyond - the history of the first human to leave our planet.

As part of our new exhibition COSMOS: Reverse Perspective, join artist Gleb Sobolev and scientist Dr Iya Whiteley for a conversation with Sergei Avdeev, former cosmonaut and engineer, who at one point held the record for longest time spent in space, and longest time dilation experienced by a human.

What does space mean for those of us still on this planet? As part of our new exhibition COSMOS: Reverse Perspective, join Liz Davis and the other artists and curators for three short films on Earth and Space.

Join the artists, curators and some special guests for the opening of our first online exhibition, on International Human Spaceflight Day Pushkin House is proud to announce our first online exhibition, COSMOS: Reverse Perspective, by Liz Davis, Fred Scott, Gleb Sobolev and Marina Sokolova, curated by Pierre d’Avoine and Gleb Sobolev. The exhibition is supported by the Nikolai Fedorov Library (Moscow), the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky House-Museum (Kaluga), and the Museum of the First Flight (Gagarin).