Natalia Artyukhina was born on August 19, 1969. She graduated from the Moscow State Open Pedagogical Institute (1995) and the Psychology Faculty of Moscow State University (2002). She worked in commercial structures in administrative and management positions. In 2010-2014, she was the Executive Director of the Moscow Planetarium. She was awarded the Russian Government Prize in 2013 for her active participation in its reconstruction and modernization. Director of the Museum of Cosmonautics since February 11, 2014.