Kabul residents greet members of the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.11.11.1988#6591379
Members of the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Commander, test pilot Vladimir Lyakhov, Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand and his double Mohammad Dauran, right to left, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of Soviet international troops.11.11.1988#6591370
Members of the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Commander, test pilot Vladimir Lyakhov, second left, Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand, third left, and his double Mohammad Dauran, third right, meet with locals.11.11.1988#6591368
Left: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, congratulates Vladimir Lyakhov, pilot, cosmonaut, commander of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight, on receiving the Order of the October Revolution at the Kremlin, Moscow.07.09.1988#6554235
Presenting awards to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight. Mohammad Dauran, the double of the Afghan cosmonaut, second left, commander Vladimir Lyakhov, center, and Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand with their family members.07.09.1988#6554233
Left: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, congratulates Colonel Mohammad Dauran, the double of the Afghan cosmonaut, on receiving the Hero of the Soviet Union title with the Lenin Order and the Golden Star medal.07.09.1988#6554229
Presenting awards to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight. Center: Abdul Ahad Mohmand, captain of the Afghan Air Forces and research cosmonaut, receives the Hero of the Soviet Union title with the Lenin Order and the Golden Star medal.07.09.1988#6554228
Presenting awards to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight. From left: Tengiz Menteshashvili, Secretary of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Georgy Tarazevich, Chairman of the Presidium of the Belorussian SSR Supreme Soviet, Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, commander of the space flight Vladimir Lyakhov, Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, his double Mohammad Dauran, and Kerim Kerimov, Chairman of the State Commission on Testing Manned Spacecraft, after the ceremony.07.09.1988#6554225
A news conference on presenting award to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight.07.09.1988#6553530
Left: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, congratulates Abdul Ahad Mohmand, captain of the Afghan Air Forces and research cosmonaut, on receiving the Hero of the Soviet Union title with the Lenin Order and the Golden Star medal.07.09.1988#6553527
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988). Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand, left, with his wife, center, and his daughter during their discharge from the maternity hospital. Background: his backup, Mohammad Dauran, and Soviet cosmonaut Yury Malyshev, second right.20.08.1988#6610582
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) before a splashdown drill.01.08.1988#6610597
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) during a splashdown drill.01.08.1988#6610595
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) during a splashdown drill.01.08.1988#6610591
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) before a splashdown drill. From left: Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand and Soviet cosmonaut and researcher, doctor Valery Polyakov.01.08.1988#6610590
Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988) before a splashdown drill. From left: Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand and Soviet cosmonaut and researcher, doctor Valery Polyakov.01.08.1988#6610588
Preparations for a joint Soviet-Afghan space flight. Feodosia, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand and Soviet doctor and cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, right to left, during water landing drills.20.07.1988#6545776
From left: Members of the joint Soviet-Bulgarian crew of the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft Anatoly Solovyov with his son and Alexander Alexandrov with his daughter and wife in Star City.18.06.1988#6573950
A meeting between the Soviet Union's Council on International Cooperation in the Study and Utilization of Outer Space (Intercosmos) and the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Center: Kirill Kondratyev, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics and Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences), speaks to American specialists.15.06.1988#6556252
A meeting between the Soviet Union's Council on International Cooperation in the Study and Utilization of Outer Space (Intercosmos) and the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Vladimir Kotelnikov, pioneer of Soviet covert radio and telephone communications and radar astronomy and Vice President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences), at a meeting with his American colleagues.15.06.1988#6556248
A meeting between the Soviet Union's Council on International Cooperation in the Study and Utilization of Outer Space (Intercosmos) and the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).15.06.1988#6556246
A meeting between the Soviet Union's Council on International Cooperation in the Study and Utilization of Outer Space (Intercosmos) and the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Science and Applications, Samuel Keller, 2nd right, during a break in the sessions.15.06.1988#6556245
A pre-launch news conference of the Soyuz TM-5 crew at Baikonur, Kazakhstan. From left: Bulgarian research cosmonaut Aleksandr Aleksandrov, captain Anatoly Solovyov and flight engineer Viktor Savinykh answer media questions.06.06.1988#6569042
Preparations for a joint Soviet-Afghan space flight. Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Soviet doctor and cosmonaut Valery Polyakov and Soyuz TM-6 commander Vladimir Lyakhov, left to right, during training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.01.06.1988#6545773
From left: Members of the joint Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft - Afghan cosmonaut-researcher Abdul Ahad Momand and his backup Masum Mohammed Dauran Ghulam during preparations for the flight scheduled for August 29, 1988. The astronauts put on the Trout rescue suits used in case of a splashdown.01.06.1988#8307695
Members of the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight: research cosmonaut from Afghanistan Abdul Ahad Momand and his double Mohammed Dauran-Ghulam Masum, right to left, prepare for the flight scheduled for August 29, 1988.01.06.1988#8306104
A member of the joint Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft, Afghan cosmonaut-researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand during preparations for the flight scheduled for August 29, 1988.01.06.1988#8306102
A member of the joint Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft, Afghan cosmonaut-researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand during preparations for the flight scheduled for August 29, 1988.01.06.1988#8306100
Right: Head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov with Soviet and foreign observers at the site of the Baikonur Cosmodrome of the Kazakh SSR before the launch of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft with Soviet-Afghan crew on board.15.05.1988#6546825
Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft (launched on August 29, 1988). Afghan cosmonaut and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand, center, and his backup Mohammad Dauran in the cockpit of a simulator spacecraft.02.03.1988#6610592
Belgian journalist L. Willems in the museum of the Research Testing Center for Cosmonaut Training named after Yuri Gagarin in Star City.01.03.1987#8480315
From left: Belgian journalist L. Willems and USSR pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel Leonid Kizim at the Cosmonaut Training Center named after Yuri Gagarin in Star City.01.03.1987#8480314
Belgian journalist L. Willems in hall No. 4, Memorial office of Yuri Gagarin, of the museum of the Scientific Research Testing Center for Cosmonaut Training named after Yuri Gagarin in Star City.01.03.1987#8480313
Second right: Belgian journalist L. Willems meets with employees of the Institute of Space Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now the Russian Academy of Sciences) in Moscow.01.03.1987#8480312
Cosmonaut of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Alexander Stoyanov with family (from left to right) and his back-up Krasimir Stoyanov with wife and cbhildfren (from right to left) arrived in Moscow to prepare for a joint Soviet-Bulgarian space flight on Soyuz TM-5, scheduled for June 21, 1988.10.01.1987#8449534
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Forum participants during a break between meetings.27.05.1985#8964574
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. From left: representative of the Vietnamese part of the working group, Dr. Ngo Hoang Long, and Director of the Higher Military Medical Institute of the Republic of Cuba, Aristófanes O'Reilly Diaz, during a break between sessions.27.05.1985#8964578
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Members of the Spaceflight Radiation Protection section during a meeting.27.05.1985#8964577
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Left: Vitaly Sevastyanov, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Candidate of Technical Sciences, and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, delivers a speech.27.05.1985#8964579
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Forum participants take a walking tour around Pitsunda.27.05.1985#8964585
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Forum participants are seen near the Center of Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Georgian SSR.27.05.1985#8964575
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR.27.05.1985#8964576
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. From left: Yevgeny Vorobyov, First Deputy Minister of Health of the USSR and chair of the Soviet part of the working group, during a meeting with Ivan Nikolov, a member of the delegation from the People's Republic of Bulgaria.27.05.1985#8964581
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Prof. Stanislaw Baranski, chair of the Polish part of the working group and director of the military institute of aviation medicine.27.05.1985#8964582
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. Irina Ponamaryova, Candidate of Medical Sciences, during a meeting with O. Mikšík, doctor and representative of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.27.05.1985#8964580
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. H. Haase, a participant from the German Democratic Republic.27.05.1985#8964583
The 18th session of the permanent working group of socialist countries on space biology and medicine of the Interkosmos space program, May 27-31, 1985, Gagra, Abkhaz ASSR. An interview for the Soviet Central Television.27.05.1985#8964584
Meeting of the Soyuz T-11 international space crew: twice Hero of the Soviet Union pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Yury Malyshev, twice Hero of the Soviet Union pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Gennady Strekalov and Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma in the Republic of India after the successful completion of the flight. Indian President Zail Singh (right) presenting the award to India's first astronaut Rakesh Sharma (India's highest military award, the Ashoka Chakra) during a reception.01.05.1984#8396009
The Soyuz T-11 international crew visited India after successfully completing their mission. Left: Aeroclub President Rajiv Gandhi congratulates Indian cosmonaut researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union Rakesh Sharma, right, on the successful flight.01.05.1984#8789548
The Soyuz T-11 international crew visited India after successfully completing their mission. Soviet and Indian cosmonauts visiting the flying club, from right: Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Yury Malyshev, Indian cosmonaut researcher Ravish Malhotra, president of the flying club Rajiv Gandhi, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Strekalov, and Indian cosmonaut researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union Rakesh Sharma.01.05.1984#8789550
The Soyuz T-11 international crew visited India after successfully completing their mission. Indian President Zail Singh during the presentation of the highest state award, the Ashoka Chakra, to the flight engineer of the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Major Gennady Strekalov.01.05.1984#8789552
The Soyuz T-11 international crew visited India after successfully completing their mission. Indian President Zail Singh during the presentation of the highest state award, the Ashoka Chakra, to Colonel Yury Malyshev, commander of the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.01.05.1984#8789551
The Soyuz T-11 international crew visited India after successfully completing their mission. Second left: twice Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot cosmonaut Yury Malyshev; Indian cosmonaut researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union Rakesh Sharma, second right; and twice Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov, right.01.05.1984#8789549
Baikonur, Kazakh SSR. Member of the Soyuz T-11 international crew: captain, cosmonaut Yury Malyshev, left, and Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma planting trees in the Walkway of Cosmonauts.18.04.1984#3246324
Kazakh SSR. Launching the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft launch with a Soviet-Indian crew: Colonel Yury Malyshev, USSR pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, Indian research cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma and Gennady Strekalov, USSR pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union. Baikonur Space Launch Center.03.04.1984#8379194
Preparations for the first Soviet-Indian space flight. A member of the backup crew of the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, Indian cosmonaut researcher Ravish Malhotra. Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR.21.03.1984#8220722
Preparations for the first Soviet-Indian space flight. A member of the backup crew of the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, Indian cosmonaut researcher Rakesh Sharma. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.21.03.1984#8220715
Preparation for the first Soviet-Indian space flight. Indian research cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma, member of the Soviet-Indian crew of the Soyux T-11 space flight, at the Yuri Gagarin Training Center.21.03.1984#8374216
Preparation for the first Soviet-Indian space flight. Indian research cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma, member of the Soviet-Indian crew of the Soyux T-11 space flight, at the Yuri Gagarin Training Center.01.02.1984#8374215
Soviet-Indian crew of the Soyuz T-11 flight, from left: Indian research cosmonaut Ravish Malhotra, Soviet pilots and cosmonauts and Heroes of the Soviet Union Yury Maltsev and Georgy Grechko, Indian research cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma and Soviet pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Rukavishnikov at the Aivazovsky Art Gallery in Feodosia.01.06.1983#8489648
