Launch of the Soyuz T-15 spacecraft with a crew of Soviet cosmonauts including Commander Leonid Kizim and Flight Engineer Vladimir Solovyov from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR.13.03.1986#6602596
Rakesh Sharma, Indian cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, speaks at an event marking successful completion of the Soyuz T-11 spaceflight, at the House of Friendship with Foreign Countries (now the Reception House of the Russian Government).03.05.1984#6345837
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
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. The Soviet and Indian crew members are greeted in a ceremony at Palam Airport, from left: Air Force Lieutenant General and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov, main crew commander and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev, research astronaut Ravish Malhotra, main and backup crew flight engineers and two-time Heroes of the Soviet Union, Georgy Grechko and Gennady Strekalov, backup crew commander Col. Anatoly Berezovoy, and research astronaut Rakesh Sharma.01.05.1984#8789546
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. From left: Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR and two-time Heroes of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov, research astronaut Rakesh Sharma, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, research astronaut Ravish Malhotra, backup crew commander Col. Anatoly Berezovoy, and flight engineer and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko during the ceremony to award cosmonauts with highest state decorations of the Republic of India.01.05.1984#8789547
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. The Soviet and Indian cosmonauts attend a reception hosted by President of India Zail Singh, right. From left: backup crew flight engineer and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko, research astronauts Rakesh Sharma and Ravish Malhotra, main crew commander and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev, and Air Force Lieutenant General and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov.01.05.1984#8789543
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. The Soviet and Indian cosmonauts attend a reception hosted by President of India Zail Singh, 5th from right.01.05.1984#8789544
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev during the welcoming ceremony for the Soviet-Indian crew at Palam Airport.01.05.1984#8789538
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Strekalov, and Indian research astronaut Rakesh Sharma, visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev speaks at the official meeting in New Delhi.01.05.1984#8789540
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. Flight engineer and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Strekalov, left, and research astronaut Rakesh Sharma, right, during a welcoming ceremony for the Soviet-Indian crew at Palam Airport.01.05.1984#8789542
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. The Soviet and Indian crew members are greeted in a ceremony at Palam Airport, from left: research astronaut Rakesh Sharma, main crew commander and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev, backup crew flight engineer and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Grechko, main crew flight engineer and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Strekalov, and Air Force Lieutenant General and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov.01.05.1984#8789539
Members of the Soyuz T-11 international space mission crew visit the Republic of India after the mission was successfully completed. The Soviet and Indian crew members during their meeting with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, from left: flight engineer and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Gennady Strekalov, main crew commander and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Col. Yury Malyshev, Air Force Lieutenant General and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Shatalov, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, research astronauts Rakesh Sharma and Ravish Malhotra, and backup crew commander Anatoly Berezovoy.01.05.1984#8789537
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
News conference at the USSR Foreign Ministry Press Center for the crew members of the Soyuz T-7 - Salyut-7 - Soyuz T-5 orbital flight (August 19-27, 1982): Leonid Popov, commander, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut and two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, Alexander Serebrov, flight engineer, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, and Svetlana Savitskaya, research cosmonaut, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union.30.08.1982#6675608
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
