Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Alexander Grebyonkin during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607646
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidates Konstantin Borisov, Alexander Gorbunov, Sergei Mikayev, Alexander Grebyonkin, Oleg Platonov, Kirill Peskov, Alexei Zubritsky and Yevgeny Prokopyev, from left, during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607634
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Alexei Zubritsky during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607643
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Alexander Grebyonkin during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607645
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Oleg Platonov during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607647
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Kirill Peskov during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607648
Yevgeny Prokopyev, a cosmonaut admitted to the squad after an 18-month-long selection process, during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607649
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Konstantin Borisov during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607650
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidate Sergei Mikayev during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607651
Executive director for manned space programs at Roscosmos Sergei Krikalyov during a ceremony to introduce cosmonaut candidates selected during a 1.5-year process.10.08.2018#5607635
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidates Alexander Grebyonkin, Sergei Mikayev, Alexander Gorbunov and Konstantin Borisov, from left, during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607653
From left: executive director of the defense program implementation at Roscosmos Oleg Frolov, head of the Gagarin Center for Cosmonaut Training Pyotr Vlasov, and executive director for manned space programs at Roscosmos Sergei Krikalyov during a ceremony to introduce cosmonaut candidates selected during a 1.5-year process.10.08.2018#5607636
Roscosmos cosmonaut candidates Alexei Zubitsky, Yevgeny Prokopyev, Kirill Peskov and Oleg Platonov, from left, during the introduction ceremony in Moscow.10.08.2018#5607654
Center, from left: executive director of the defense program implementation at Roscosmos Oleg Frolov, head of the Gagarin Center for Cosmonaut Training Pyotr Vlasov, and executive director for manned space programs at Roscosmos Sergei Krikalyov during a ceremony to introduce cosmonaut candidates selected during a 1.5-year process.10.08.2018#5607633
From left: Members of the main crew of the Soyuz TM-16 manned space mission-Mission Commander and Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Manakov and Flight Engineer Alexander Poleshchuk near a model of the Mir orbital station.20.09.1993#5980701
From left: Members of the main crew of the Soyuz TM-16 manned space mission-Mission Commander and Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Manakov and Flight Engineer Alexander Poleshchuk at a news conference.20.09.1993#5980700
Members of the main and standby crews of the Russian-French spacecraft Soyuz TM-17 at a news conference in Star City before leaving for Kazakhstan. French Cosmonaut-Researcher Jean-Pierre Haigneret, left, Flight Engineer Alexander Serebrov, center, Mission Commander Vasily Tsibliyev, right, and Standby Cosmonaut Claudie André-Deshays reply to journalists' questions.01.06.1993#8617813
Engineer Sergei Zhizhkin from the Zvezda [Star] Science and Production Association conducting an experiment involving a cosmonaut docking with a space station at the simulated space-walk facility. Reproduction of photo.01.03.1993#877435
Members of the Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz TM-7 spaceflight in Star City at the library of a local cultural center. Right: Alexander Volkov, commander of the flight, USSR pilot and cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. Third left: Jean-Loup Chretien, French research cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and French citizen. Third right: flight engineer Sergei Krikalyov.21.11.1988#6589476
The crew of the Soyuz TM-7 spaceship: Commander, USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Volkov, French cosmonaut-researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union, citizen of the French Republic Jean-Loup Chretien, and flight engineer Sergei Krikalyov in taiga during a survival training.25.10.1988#6589492
The crew of the Soyuz TM-7 spaceship during preparations in Crimea (splashdown training): right: Commander, USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Volkov, second right: French cosmonaut-researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union, citizen of the French Republic Jean-Loup Chretien, and flight engineer Sergei Krikalyov (fourth on the right).01.09.1988#6589493
The crew of the Soyuz TM-7 spaceship: Commander, USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Volkov (center), French cosmonaut-researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union, citizen of the French Republic Jean-Loup Chretien (right) and flight engineer Sergei Krikalyov (left) during preparation for the flight. Splashdown training. Crimean region, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1988#6589491
Jean-Loup Chretien, French research cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and French citizen, during pre-flight training ahead of the second Soviet-French spaceflight onboard the Soyuz TM-7 to the Mir orbital station. Crimean Region. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.01.09.1988#6589473
Members of the Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz TM-7 space flight, from left: Alexander Volkov, commander of the flight, USSR pilot and cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union; Jean-Loup Chretien, French research cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union and French citizen; and flight engineer Sergei Krikalyov prepare for a flight. Crimean Region. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.01.09.1988#6589472
The crew of the Soyuz TM-7 spaceship: Commander, USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Volkov, French cosmonaut-researcher, Hero of the Soviet Union, citizen of the French Republic Jean-Loup Chretien, and flight engineer Sergei Krikalyov during preparation for the flight. Splashdown training. Crimean region, Ukrainian SSR.01.09.1988#6591418
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
Preparing to launch the Soyuz TM-3 spacecraft with Soviet and Syrian cosmonauts onboard. Photo: Prospective cosmonauts from the Syrian Arab Republic, Mohammed Faris and Munir Habib from one and the same air force squadron, are shopping at a collective farm market.01.07.1986#8844025
Preparing to launch the Soyuz TM-3 spacecraft with Soviet and Syrian cosmonauts onboard. Photo: Prospective cosmonauts from the Syrian Arab Republic, Mohammed Faris and Munir Habib from one and the same air force squadron, are relaxing.01.07.1986#8844001
A visit by a delegation of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to the USSR. President of Algeria and General Secretary of the National Liberation Front, Chadli Bendjedid, center, at the monument to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Star City.27.03.1986#6578331
Proton missile carrier. Specialists prepare for launch the basic bloc of the Mir Soviet-Russian manned orbital research station that functioned in the near-Earth orbit from February 20, 1986 to March 23, 2001.20.02.1986#3141036
Center: Soviet prose writer, screenwriter, playwright and military journalist Ivan Stadnyuk. Right: Pilot-Cosmonaut and Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union Alexei Leonov.20.01.1985#8951527
Andriyan Nikolayev, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, two-time Hero of the Soviet Union and Major General, at a tennis court in Star City, Moscow Region.18.09.1983#8319771
President of Finland, Mauno Koivisto (center) with spouse during a visit to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City.01.06.1983#774584
From right: Indian cosmonauts-researchers Rakesh Sharma and Ravish Malhotra, his back-up man, are training for the joint Soviet-Indian manned space mission aboard the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft. In this photo, they are skiing in a forest outside Moscow.02.04.1983#8319103
Members of the Soviet Cosmonauts Squad throw a party and dine at Star City near Moscow.01.04.1983#8146110
The visit by Prime Minister of the Republic of India Indira Gandhi to the USSR, September 20-26, 1982. Prime Minister of the Republic of India Indira Gandhi tours the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. The Indian delegation led by Indira Gandhi, center, during the flower-laying ceremony at the monument to Yuri Gagarin.23.09.1982#6675726
A news conference for Soviet and foreign journalists ahead of a joint Soviet-French space mission aboard Soyuz T-6 spacecraft with an expedition to the Salyt-7 orbital station. The international crew includes commander Vladimir Dzhanibekov (fifth on the left), Soyuz T-6 flight engineer Alexander Ivanchenkov (fourth on the left), and cosmonaut research Jean-Loup Chretien (third on the left). Sixth on the left: Georgy Beregovoi, head of the Gagarin Scientific and Research Cosmonaut Training Center, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Fifth on the right: Aviation Major General Alexei Leonov, USSR pilot cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union.10.07.1982#6701437
The international crew of the Soyuz T-6 spaceship during a medical checkup prior to the flight. From right: the ship's commander Vladimir Dzhanibekov, flight engineer Alexander Ivanchenkov and researcher Jean-Loup Chretien.24.06.1982#6704190
Major General Alexei Leonov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, two-time Hero of the Soviet Union and the first man to conduct a space walk.20.06.1982#6700673
On May 13, 1982, the Soyuz T-5 spacecraft with cosmonauts Anatoly Berezovoi and Valentin Lebedev on board was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan). It was the first manned Soviet space expedition to the Salyut-7 orbital research station launched into orbit in April 1982.13.05.1982#6699052
Training for a joint Soviet-French space mission. From left: Cosmonaut-Researcher Jean-Loup Chretien, Mission Commander, Two-Time Hero of the Soviet Union and Colonel Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Flight Engineer, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Ivanchenkov train inside a mock-up of the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft.18.04.1982#8319759
The crew of Soyuz T-5, the first major manned Soviet space expedition to the Salyut-7 orbital research station, prepares for the flight. Commander Anatoly Berezovoi and flight engineer Valentin Lebedev in a hydrolab during a simulated weightlessness training. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training and Research Center.12.03.1982#6694907
The crew of Soyuz T-5, the first major manned Soviet space expedition to the Salyut-7 orbital research station, prepares for the flight. Commander Anatoly Berezovoi and flight engineer Valentin Lebedev in a hydrolab during a simulated weightlessness training. Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training and Research Center.12.03.1982#6694901
The international crew of the Soyuz-39 spacecraft. From left: Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union and Mission Commander Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Cosmonaut-Researcher of the Mongolian People's Republic Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha train inside a mock-up of the Salyut orbital station at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.10.02.1981#8318239
The Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Ministry of Health of the USSR (now of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Head of the vivarium Y. Chivchunov.28.07.1980#8244493
Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Kazakh SSR. The crew of the Soyuz 21 mission: commander Boris Volynov, bottom, and flight engineer Vitaly Zholobov before the launch.06.07.1976#2993342
The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Specialists from West Germany examine a training model of the Soyuz vessel.26.06.1976#5558736
The medal two parts of which were connected during the docking of "Soyuz-19", USSR, and Apollo, USA, space ships.01.08.1975#3021142
Soyuz-Apollo Soviet-US space flight. Soyuz 19 Commander Alexei Leonov, left, and Apollo Commander Thomas Stafford make a reportage from the orbit after the docking of the two spacecraft on July 17, 1975. The image was taken from a TV screen.18.07.1975#3016653
Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) conducted on July 15-21, 1975. American astronauts Thomas Stafford, foreground, right, and Donald Slayton, background, right, visited the Soviet spacecraft to meet with pilot-cosmonauts Alexei Leonov, center, and Valery Kubasov, left. A photo taken from a TV screen.17.07.1975#5589132
The Soviet-US Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The Soyuz 19 Soviet spaceship with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov aboard was launched from Baikonir Cosmodrome and entered the Earth atmopsphere. The 305th second into the flight.15.07.1975#5624322
Kazakh SSR. Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch of the Soyuz 19 Soviet spaceship with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov aboard as part of the Soviet-US Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).15.07.1975#5624315
Kazakh SSR. Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch of the Soyuz 19 Soviet spaceship with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov aboard as part of the Soviet-US Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).15.07.1975#5623725
Kazakh SSR. Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch of the Soyuz 19 Soviet spaceship with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov aboard as part of the Soviet-US Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).15.07.1975#5623724
Kazakh SSR. Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch of the Soyuz 19 Soviet spaceship with cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov aboard as part of the Soviet-US Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP).15.07.1975#5623723
The crew of Soyuz 17: mission commander Alexei Gubarev and flight engineer Georgy Grechko, below, before the start. Kazakh SSR, Baikonur launchpad.10.01.1975#5580722
The Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR (VDNKh). The entrance to the Cosmos pavilion.01.07.1974#2897275
The Kazakh SSR. Photo: A launch vehicle with the Soyuz-12 manned spacecraft carrying Mission Commander Lieutenant Colonel Vasily Lazarev and Flight Engineer Oleg Makarov on a launch pad of the Baikonur Space Center.12.09.1973#5947823
