Yury Fokin, TV journalist, observer of the Central Television of the USSR and Union Radio, founder of the first information and analytical program, Estafeta Novostei (News Relay), creator and host of programs about cosmonautics, shows a picture with the first Soviet-American crew of the Appolo-Soyuz experimental project, about the flight of which he filmed a reportage in 1975.01.12.1995#8439838
Welcome meeting for pilots and cosmonauts Alexander Serebrov and Vasily Tsibliyev after their long-haul space flight (July 1, 1993 to January 14, 1994). As per the tradition of Zvyozdny Gorodok, official welcome ceremonies for cosmonauts returning from orbit begin at the statue of Yuri Gagarin.01.02.1994#6299288
The Telemetry Processing Center at the Plesetsk Experimental Space Launch Center in the Arkhangelsk Region.15.06.1991#6686498
Soviet-British space crew members, from left: onboard engineer, pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the USSR Sergei Krikalyov, crew commander Anatoliy Artsibarsky and British cosmonaut-researcher Helen Sharman.18.05.1991#2796937
Preparations for a joint Russian-German flight on the Soyuz TM-14 spacecraft. Members of the main and reserve crews, German cosmonauts Klaus Dietrich Flade (center) and Reinhold Ewald (right) during Russian language classes with a teacher in Star City. Moscow Region.01.01.1991#8224632
A testing center near the city of Korolev, Moscow Region where onboard research equipment for spacecraft was tested. The center's job was to explore various tools' performance as part of an onboard system and in space conditions.02.08.1990#8309824
Helen Sharman, British food technologist and candidate for participation in a space flight, learns about using a spacesuit and how it works.10.02.1990#6669372
British candidates for participation in a space flight undergo training in the Soviet Union. Kingston University professor Clive Smith, Royal Navy doctor Gordon John Brooks, food technologist Helen Sharman and military pilot Timothy Mace, left to right, on Red Square in Moscow.10.02.1990#6669371
Valentina Ponomareva, Soviet pilot, Candidate in Engineering, test cosmonaut. In 1962-1969 she was a member of the USSR cosmonaut squad. She was the second backup person of the first woman cosmonaut of the planet, Valentina Tereshkova.10.11.1989#6566948
Space research determines numerous parameters of the Earth's ecosystem. Near-Earth remote sensing satellites can provide full-scale data for assessing the state of the environment and for studying natural resources. Photo: A map compiled using satellite photos.24.10.1989#8135671
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member John Hammond, former director of the SDI energy program (Strategic Defense Initiative, nicknamed Star Wars program).01.07.1989#6560675
Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin, head of the US delegation of military experts in the USSR.01.07.1989#6560673
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member James Bilbrey, congressman from Democrats.01.07.1989#6560672
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. A delegation member (it included over 30 experts).01.07.1989#6560671
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member Col. John Francis Kelly.01.07.1989#6560670
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin, third on the right, in the USSR. A test range of the Ukrainian SSR armed forces, located 30 km north-west of Lviv, in the Yavoriv district of the Lviv region (now the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security of the Hetman Pyotr Sagaidachny National Academy of Ground Forces).01.07.1989#6560669
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. American experts examine Soviet military facilities.01.07.1989#6560668
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. After a demonstration of the laser installation at the Center for Physical Tool Engineering of the Institute of General Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences (now Prokhorov Institute, RAS) in the city of Troitsk.01.07.1989#6560667
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member L. Hopkins, congressman from Republicans.01.07.1989#6560666
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member, expert Deborah Lee.01.07.1989#6560665
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member Military Attache D. Canyok.01.07.1989#6560663
A US delegation of military experts led by Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin in the USSR. Delegation member Henry Bateman, congressman from the Republicans.01.07.1989#6560660
Chair of the US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee Les Aspin, head of a US delegation of military experts and congressmen in the USSR.01.07.1989#6560659
British space program. After a call for astronaut candidates was announced in the UK, four people were selected for training in the Soviet Union: Gordon Brooks (Medical Officer of the Royal Navy), Major Timothy Mace (pilot, Royal Air Force), Clive Smith (lecturer at Kingston University) and Helen Sharman (food technologist). Astronaut candidate Gordon Brooks .01.01.1989#6618976
British space program. After a call for astronaut candidates was announced in the UK, four people were selected for training in the Soviet Union: Gordon Brooks (Medical Officer of the Royal Navy), Major Timothy Mace (pilot, Royal Air Force), Clive Smith (lecturer at Kingston University) and Helen Sharman (food technologist). Astronaut candidate Helen Sharman.01.01.1989#6618973
British space program. After a call for astronaut candidates was announced in the UK, four people were selected for training in the Soviet Union: Gordon Brooks (Medical Officer of the Royal Navy), Major Timothy Mace (pilot, Royal Air Force), Clive Smith (lecturer at Kingston University) and Helen Sharman (food technologist). Astronaut candidate Clive Smith.01.01.1989#6618972
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
Kazakh SSR. A Soviet-French space flight. Landing of a Soyuz TM-6 spacecraft. French astronaut Jean-Loup Chrétien after the landing.21.12.1988#5555262
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
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591441
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591432
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591431
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591430
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591429
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591428
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. The orbiter of the Buran system made its first and only unmanned space flight on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, it was decided to scrap the program).07.12.1988#6591427
Kazakh SSR. Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz TM-7 space flight, including flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, commander and Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Volkov and French research cosmonaut Jean-Loup Chretien. Baikonur Space Launch Center. Mission control center.26.11.1988#8178785
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. Test launch from Baikonur: the Buran about to land.21.11.1988#6585748
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. Test launch from Baikonur: the rocket at the launch site.21.11.1988#6585740
Energiya-Buran, Soviet reusable transport space system, which includes a new powerful launch vehicle Energiya and the Buran reusable orbital ship. The orbital spaceship-spaceplane of the Buran system made its first and only space flight in an unmanned mode on November 15, 1988 (in 1993, a decision was made to stop work and preserve the created backlog). Before a test launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.15.11.1988#8320278
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
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
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
Soviet reusable space transportation system, Energia-Buran, consisting of a powerful new carrier rocket Energia and a reusable orbiter, Buran. Preparations for the test launch at Baikonur launchpad are nearing completion.02.11.1988#6578536
Energia Buran, the Soviet manned space system, which includes an Energia new powerful launch rocket and the Buran space shuttle. Preparations for a test launch are being completed at the Baikonur launchpad.02.11.1988#6578529
Energia Buran, the Soviet manned space system, which includes an Energia new powerful launch rocket and the Buran space shuttle. Preparations for a test launch are being completed at the Baikonur launchpad.02.11.1988#6578526
Energia Buran, the Soviet manned space system, which includes an Energia new powerful launch rocket and the Buran space shuttle. Preparations for a test launch are being completed at the Baikonur launchpad.02.11.1988#6577452
