MGTS card designer Alexei Nikolaev at the presentation of new phone cards with a picture of Yuri Gagarin on them.11.04.2011#898887
MGTS card designer Alexei Nikolaev demonstrates new phone cards with a picture of Yuri Gagarin during the presentation.11.04.2011#898889
Governor of Smolensk Region Sergey Antufyev is participating in celebration events on the 50th anniversary of the first space flight.07.04.2011#897523
US public activist Brian Todd O'Leary, foreground, a former NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) astronaut, during his visit to the USSR to promote peaceful space exploration, the peace cruise on the Dnieper River. O'Leary is the author of 'Mars 1999: Exclusive Preview of the US-Soviet Manned Mission' (1987).12.08.1989#6624518
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
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
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
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
Preparations for the joint Soviet-French flight of the backup crew of the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft. Spacecraft splashdown training took place on the Black Sea (Crimean Region, Ukrainian SSR). During their free time, the cosmonauts visited the Aivazovsky Feodosia Art Gallery. From left to right: flight engineer Vladimir Solovyov, cosmonaut-researcher Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry and spacecraft commander Leonid Kizim.16.07.1981#8318251
The Crimean Region in the Ukrainian SSR. Members of the stand-by crew of the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft conducting a splashdown training session on the Black Sea ahead of a joint Soviet-French space mission. Photo: Cosmonaut-Researcher Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, the compatriot and back-up man of French Cosmonaut-Researcher Jean-Loup Chretien.16.07.1981#8318249
Preparations for the joint Soviet-French flight of the backup crew of the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft. Cosmonauts Vladimir Solovyov (far left) and cosmonaut-researcher Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry with a smoke bomb in training. Far right: ship commander Leonid Kizim. Crimean Region, Ukrainian SSR.16.07.1981#8318244
Preparations for the joint Soviet-French flight of the backup crew of the Soyuz T-6 spacecraft. From left to right: cosmonaut-researcher Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, flight engineer Vladimir Solovyov and spacecraft commander Leonid Kizim. Cosmonauts work out in training spacecraft splashdown. Crimean Region, Ukrainian SSR.16.07.1981#8318242
Monument "Glory to Pioneers of Outer Space" by sculptor Grigory Postnikov. Erected in 1962 in the village of Monino near Moscow.12.04.1981#801567
Installing a carrier rocket launching the Soyuz-35 spacecraft at the Baikonur Space Launch Center, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.06.04.1980#8175126
Crew of the Soyuz-35 spaceflight Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin prepare for the flight to the Salyut-6 space station. Training session in the hydrolab of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City.18.03.1980#8175122
The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Specialists from West Germany examine a training model of the Soyuz vessel.26.06.1976#5558736
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
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
Pavel Popovich, commander of the Soyuz 14 Soviet manned spaceship, and flight engineer Yury Artyukhin lay flowers at the Gagrian memorial.21.07.1974#5955570
The Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in the Star City. A simulator of Soyuz 10 spacecraft.02.04.1971#5797216
Pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Andriyan Nikolayev meets with Soviet and foreign journalists at Novosti Press Agency (now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency). Andriyan Nikolayev answers questions from Japanese journalist T. Halkava.13.08.1970#5974869
The flight of Soyuz-9 manned spacecraft. June 1-19, 1970. Crew captain Andriyan Nikolayev before the start of a TV report. The photo was taken from a TV screen.10.06.1970#3012188
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong visiting Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City).01.06.1970#5594676
American NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong, aeronautical engineer, Naval Aviator and the first person to walk on the Moon within the framework of the Apollo 11 spaceflight in 1969.01.06.1970#5594562
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong, center, and Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov by the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in Moscow.01.06.1970#5594576
Kazakh SSR. The launch of the Soyuz 9 Soviet rocket from the Baikonur launchpad. June 1, 1970.01.06.1970#5670214
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong, center, and Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi on a walk on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin.25.05.1970#5594633
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong, right, and Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov visiting Piskarevskoye memorial cemetery in Leningrad.25.05.1970#5594564
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong signing the Moon model.24.05.1970#5594670
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong and Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi on Palace Square, Leningrad.24.05.1970#5594669
American astronaut Neil Armstrong visits USSR. 24 May - 5 June, 1970. Neil Armstrong, center, visiting Smolny Institute, Leningrad.24.05.1970#5594650
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong in Pulkovo airport.24.05.1970#5594648
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong, dancing at children's health center Solnyshko near Leningrad.24.05.1970#5594647
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Residents of the city of Zelenogorsk, Leningrad Region, greeting Neil Armstrong and Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov.24.05.1970#5594646
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong and Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi in Peter the Great's office in the Grand Peterhof Palace.24.05.1970#5594641
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong at children's Solnyshko health center near Leningrad.24.05.1970#5594639
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong, center, visiting the 13th International Conference of the Committee on Space Research held at the Tauride Palace.24.05.1970#5594634
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong at the Hermitage State Museum in Leningrad.24.05.1970#5594580
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong visiting the State Hermitage Museum24.05.1970#5594563
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong and Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov with the Baltic Fleet sailors on the cruiser Aurora.24.05.1970#5594675
Visit of American astronaut Neil Armstrong to the USSR (May 24-June 5, 1970). Neil Armstrong, right, and Soviet cosmonaut Konstantin Feoktistov in the Lenin house-museum in Smolny, Leningrad.24.05.1970#5594674
