Mother Russia Calling
The new exhibition at the Science Museum, London celebrates achievements made by the Soviet Union during the Space Race with the US. Here’s the first in a series of posters on display. Posters were a powerful tool in the propaganda for an industry that was also top secret. A WW2 poster, Mother Russia Calling, was the inspiration for the first space race poster – In the Name of Peace.
The end of WW2 was barely a decade gone and the Kremlin was keen to shine a peaceful light, as far as space exploration was concerned. A simple poster, Mother Russia, a beacon of light focused on a tiny rocket and distant planet.
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In the Name of Peace