A launch vehicle with the Soyuz TM-9 spacecraft at a launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft's crew includes Pilot-Cosmonaut and Mission Commander Anatoly Solovyov and Flight Engineer Alexander Balandin.11.02.1990#6660694
News conference with members of the Soviet-French crew of the Soyuz-TM6 spacecraft. From right: Mission Commander, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Titov, Flight Engineer, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union Musa Manarov and French Cosmonaut-Researcher Jean-Loup Chretien at a news conference for Soviet and foreign journalists.08.01.1989#6747502
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
Left: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, congratulates Vladimir Lyakhov, pilot, cosmonaut, commander of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight, on receiving the Order of the October Revolution at the Kremlin, Moscow.07.09.1988#6554235
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
Left: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, congratulates Colonel Mohammad Dauran, the double of the Afghan cosmonaut, on receiving the Hero of the Soviet Union title with the Lenin Order and the Golden Star medal.07.09.1988#6554229
Presenting awards to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight. Center: Abdul Ahad Mohmand, captain of the Afghan Air Forces and research cosmonaut, receives the Hero of the Soviet Union title with the Lenin Order and the Golden Star medal.07.09.1988#6554228
Presenting awards to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight. From left: Tengiz Menteshashvili, Secretary of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Georgy Tarazevich, Chairman of the Presidium of the Belorussian SSR Supreme Soviet, Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, commander of the space flight Vladimir Lyakhov, Afghan research cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, his double Mohammad Dauran, and Kerim Kerimov, Chairman of the State Commission on Testing Manned Spacecraft, after the ceremony.07.09.1988#6554225
A news conference on presenting award to the Soviet-Afghan crew of the Soyuz TM-6 space flight.07.09.1988#6553530
Left: Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, congratulates Abdul Ahad Mohmand, captain of the Afghan Air Forces and research cosmonaut, on receiving the Hero of the Soviet Union title with the Lenin Order and the Golden Star medal.07.09.1988#6553527
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
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
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
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
The Baikonur Space Center, Kazakh SSR. From left: research cosmonaut Anatoly Levchenko, commander of the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft Vladimir Titov and flight engineer Musa Manarov.21.12.1987#5656693
The Baikonur Space Center, Kazakh SSR. From left: flight engineer Musa Manarov, commander of the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft Vladimir Titov and research cosmonaut Anatoly Levchenko.21.12.1987#5656692
The Baikonur Space Center, Kazakh SSR. Chairman of the State Commission for Spacecraft Tests Kerim Kerimov, left, greets the crew of the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft.21.12.1987#5656690
The Baikonur Space Center, Kazakh SSR. Commander of the Soyuz TM-4 spacecraft Vladimir Titov, research cosmonaut Anatoly Levchenko and flight engineer Musa Manarov before the launch.21.12.1987#5656689
The family of Vladimir Vasyutin, USSR pilot cosmonaut, commander of the Soyuz T-14 spacecraft.01.09.1985#8449218
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
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
Members of the international crew of the Soyuz-39 space flight: Vladimir Dzhanibekov, flight captain, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, right, and Jugderdemidiin Gurragchaa, research cosmonaut of the Mongolian People's Republic, left, at a meeting at the Cultural Center of Railway Industry Workers.27.06.1981#8399546
Kazakh ASSR, Baikonur. From left: the crew of Soyuz T-3 spacecraft, pilots, cosmonauts Gennady Strekalov, Oleg Makarov and flight captain Leonid Kizim.10.01.1981#5635512
The Soviet research ship, Cosmonaut Yury Gagarin, designed to control the flight of spacecraft, including maintaining voice communication between the Mission Control Center and the crews of spacecraft and stations. Onboard antenna system for space communication.05.09.1979#8230489
Soyuz-25 spacecraft commander Vladimir Kovalyonok (left) reports on the crew readiness for the flight. On the right - onboard engineer Valery Ryumin.09.10.1977#17362
Soviet cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, Central Board Chairman of the Soviet-Mongolian Friendship Society Viktor Gorbatko (born 1934) opens the meeting, dedicated to the Days of Mongolian Culture in the USSR, at the House of Friendship with the Peoples of Foreign Countries.01.06.1976#791008
Soyuz-13 spacecraft commander Pyotr Klimuk training at the Yu. A. Gagarin cosmonaut training centre.01.04.1973#66317
American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, on July 20, 1969, during the lunar expedition of Apollo 11.15.05.1970#6515157
The antenna array / command and measuring facility at the Soviet Academy of Sciences' Gherman Titov Long-Range Space Communications Center in Vitino village near Yevpatoria, the Crimean ASSR, part of the Ukrainian SSR. The facility is now subordinated to the Russian Aerospace Force.25.09.1969#6659524
From left: Commander of the Voskhod 2 spacecraft Pavel Belyaev, together with pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, is heading to the launch pad of the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR. Film frame reproduction. Photo from the archives of the APN publishing house.18.03.1965#6650816
Soviet pilot cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev, Hero of the Soviet Union, at the Sochi airport.24.06.1963#6178409
Andriyan Nikolayev, pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, center in uniform, and Pavel Popovich, pilot and cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, right and sitting, visit journalists at the Novosti Press Agency (APN).28.04.1963#6183101
