Solar activity pattern created by the devices of the Kislovodsk alpine astronomical station of the Main (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences.05.08.2017#3166306
Photo of tigress Serga made by hidden photo camera. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put a satellite neck collar on tigress Serga in 2008. (Photo from the archive of Siberian tiger research program of A.N. Severtsov Institute of ecology and evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences).17.01.2011#850470
Photo of tigress Serga made by hidden photo camera. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put a satellite neck collar on tigress Serga in 2008. (Photo from the archive of Siberian tiger research program of A.N. Severtsov Institute of ecology and evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences).17.01.2011#850472
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put a satellite neck collar on tigress Serga in 2008. (Photo from the archive of Siberian tiger research program of A.N. Severtsov Institute of ecology and evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences).25.11.2009#850471
Crew members of Soyuz TM-16 spacecraft and of the 13th principal (long-term) expedition to Mir space station: Commander Gennady Manakov and Flight Engineer Alexander Poleshchuk, right. The flight is scheduled for January 24 - July 22, 1993.01.10.1993#3021114
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
Preparation for the flight on the biosatellite Bion-10, which will be launched into orbit in December 1992, at the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. NASA Ames Research Center employee Mr. Bollard .08.11.1992#8801211
Franz Artur Viehboeck, the first Austrian cosmonaut, a member of the joint Soviet-Austrian crew of the Soyuz TM-13 spaceship, during preparations for the flight.08.08.1991#5559779
Yury Usmanov, President of the Eighth Day Research and Development Association, at a meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Following Great Human Migration Expedition under the aegis of UNESCO.15.09.1990#8314455
Head of the expedition, academy member Dzhangar Pyurveyev speaks at a meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Following Great Human Migration Expedition under the aegis of UNESCO.15.09.1990#8314453
Sergei Solovyov, Director General of the Polarex research association, at a meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Following Great Human Migration Expedition under the aegis of UNESCO.15.09.1990#8314449
A meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Great Migration Routes Expedition, a cultural and environmental expedition under the aegis of UNESCO. Models of Russian churches.15.09.1990#8136682
A meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Great Migration Routes Expedition, a cultural and environmental expedition under the aegis of UNESCO.15.09.1990#8136674
A meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Great Migration Routes Expedition, a cultural and environmental expedition under the aegis of UNESCO.15.09.1990#8136672
A meeting of the International Organizing Committee on the Great Migration Routes Expedition, a cultural and environmental expedition under the aegis of UNESCO. Boats and sleds for participants.15.09.1990#8136671
Vladimir Zuyev, Candidate of Economics, researcher at the Center for World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences.10.05.1990#8423856
Soviet and foreign journalists visit the vehicle assembly and testing facility at Plesetsk Cosmodrome. A Meteor weather satellite and Molniya (Lightning) communications satellite are being assembled here.02.09.1989#8135680
Soviet and foreign journalists visit the vehicle assembly and testing facility at Plesetsk Cosmodrome. A Meteor weather satellite and Molniya (Lightning) communications satellite are being assembled here.02.09.1989#8135673
Soviet and foreign journalists visit the vehicle assembly and testing facility at Plesetsk Cosmodrome. A Meteor weather satellite and Molniya (Lightning) communications satellite were being assembled here. Photo: Delivering the satellite to a launch pad.02.09.1989#8135670
Kvant (Quantum) astrophysical module developed by Soviet scientists and engineers to conduct astrophysical observations and research in materials science and biology. In April 1987, the module was joined to Mir Soviet orbital space station.02.07.1989#5572762
British Space Program. Four people were selected for astronaut training in the Soviet Union following a call for applicants announced in the UK: Gordon Brooks (Royal Navy physician), Major Timothy Mace (Army Air Corps), Clive Smith (Kingston University lecturer) and Helen Sharman (food technologist). Astronaut hopeful Clive Smith during the final round of the competition.01.01.1989#8253827
French cosmonaut-researcher Jean-Loup Chretien, a member of the joint Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft, after landing near the city of Dzhezkazgan (now Zhezkazgan) of the Kazakh SSR.21.12.1988#8213013
From left: French cosmonaut research Jean-Loup Chretien, and Soviet cosmonauts Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov, members of the joint Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft, after landing near the city of Dzhezkazgan (now Zhezkazgan) of the Kazakh SSR.21.12.1988#8213012
Soviet cosmonaut Musa Manarov, member of the joint Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft, after landing near the city of Dzhezkazgan (now Zhezkazgan) of the Kazakh SSR.21.12.1988#8213011
The launch of the Energia-Buran reusable transport space system from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8309353
The launch of the Energia-Buran reusable transport space system from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8309352
The launch of the Energia-Buran reusable transport space system from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8309351
The launch of the Energia-Buran reusable transport space system from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8309350
The Buran Soviet orbital rocket ship of the reusable transport space system, created as part of the Energiya-Buran program, landed at the Yubileiny airfield of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8314961
From right: the crew of the Buran Soviet orbital rocket ship of the reusable transport space system: test cosmonaut Rimantas Stankevicius and test pilot Magomet Tolboyev at the Yubileiny airfield of the Baikonur Launchpad, Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8314960
Launch of the Energiya-Buran reusable transport space system from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8314959
Launch of the Energiya-Buran reusable transport space system from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.15.11.1988#8314958
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
A visit by President of Brazil Jose Sarney to the USSR. Jose Sarney, 2nd right, tours the museum of the Yuri Gagarin State Scientific Research and Testing Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City.20.10.1988#6744045
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
News conference for Soviet and foreign journalists on the launch of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR. From left: Afghan cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand and his backup, Mohammad Dauran.29.08.1988#6545891
News conference for Soviet and foreign journalists on the launch of the Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR. The international crew included twice Hero of the Soviet Union, spacecraft commander Vladimir Lyakhov, physician Valery Polyakov and researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand, a national of Afghanistan.29.08.1988#6546822
The main building of the Moscow Energy Institute (now National Research University Moscow Energy Institute) on Krasnokazarmennaya Street in Moscow.25.07.1988#6623538
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
Joint Soviet-Bulgarian flight on board the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft. Soviet cosmonaut and commander Anatoly Solovyov, second left, and Bulgarian research cosmonaut Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, center, during an interview in Star City.18.06.1988#6573952
Greeting Bulgarian research cosmonaut Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov after his landing in a capsule of the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft in Kazakhstan.17.06.1988#6573573
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
The Kazakh SSR. A radio-technical facility of the long-range space communications network at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.06.06.1988#6557390
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
Members of the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 spaceflight, research cosmonaut from Afghanistan Abdul Ahad Mohmand and his double Mohammad Dawran, left to right, prepare for the flight at Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.01.06.1988#8306103
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
The Kazakh SSR. Baikonur Cosmodrome. The IRS-1A Indian civilian remote sensing satellite is launched on a Vostok carrier rocket.24.03.1988#5830681
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR. Soviet and Indian specialists are in the integration and testing facility with the IRS-1A Indian satellite for Earth's remote probing.01.03.1988#5768698
Deputy Director of NASA for space science and their applications Sam Keller and Director of the Verndasky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences Valery Barsukov (right) during signing of the agreement on scientific cooperation in space research.01.12.1987#3033917
Deputy Director of NASA for space science and their applications Sam Keller and Director of the Verndasky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences Valery Barsukov (right) during signing of the agreement on scientific cooperation in space research.01.12.1987#3033916
