<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>Space technology museum objects of the exhibition in Korolyov space museum (Zhytomir, Ukraine) as historical sources</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">Олена</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Зосімович</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>This article contains information about the space technology museum objects that are exhibited in Korolyov Space Museum (Zhytomyr, Ukraine). The author describes the main classification schemes of historical sources and&#13;
proposes her own ones for museum objects of space technology; defines the main stages of their history; determines their particular qualities among the&#13;
variety of other artifacts. For evaluating the reliability and historical significance of space technology artifacts she uses such terms as authenticity, probability, completeness, novelty and representativeness. The majority of space technology exhibits at Korolyov Space Museum belongs to primary sources. They contain various levels of historical information, besides technological one. In combination with the secondary and tertiary sources&#13;
they reflect economic, social, scientific, political aspects of the society’s life.&#13;
The statement that museum objects of space technology can serve as the basis for obtaining scientific factual historical knowledge is affirmed in the conclusion of the article.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General)</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">C Auxiliary sciences of history (General)</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2018</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>RS Global Sp. z O.O., Scientific Educational Center Warsaw, Poland</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>