The members of the Soviet-Afghan crew (downward): cosmonaut- researcher Dr.Valery Polyakov, flight commander Vladimir Lyakhov, a Hero of the Soviet Union (two awards), and cosmonaut-researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand (Afghanistan) pictured shortly before the launch of the "Soyuz TM-6" space vehicle from the Baikonur spaceport, Kazakhstan. August 29, 1988.
- Categories: Human Interest, Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 29.08.1988
- Date published: 09.03.2011
- Author: Alexander Mokletsov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: 88-12583, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3544x5201px, 5.8Mb