The members of the Soviet-Afghan crew (downward): cosmonaut- researcher Dr.Valery Polyakov, flight commander Vladimir Lyakhov, a Hero of the Soviet Union (two awards), and cosmonaut-researcher Abdul Ahad Mohmand (Afghanistan) pictured shortly before the launch of the "Soyuz TM-6" space vehicle from the Baikonur spaceport, Kazakhstan. August 29, 1988.29.08.1988#877502
Valery Polyakov, the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, hero of the Soviet Union, doctor-cosmonaut-researcher of space ship "Soyuz TM-18" at press conference after flight, Star City.22.03.1995#629145
Valery Polyakov, the USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, doctor-cosmonaut-researcher of space ship "Soyuz TM-18" at press conference after flight, Star City.22.03.1995#629144
Soyuz TM-6 spaceship's crew (from left to right): Cosmonaut-researcher Abdul Akhad Momand (Republic of Afghanistan), USSR Pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Afanasyevich Lyakhov, physician Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov before leaving for the start after the final check of their spacesuits.29.08.1988#626356
Pilot-Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, Hero of Russia. Manned the Soyuz TM-6 and the orbiting complex Mir. Set a world record for the duration of a space flight: 437 days 17 hours 59 minutes and 24 seconds.19.02.1994#359310
Russian cosmonauts Alexander Viktorenko, Yelena Kondakova and Valery Polyakov - the crew of the Soyuz TM-20 orbital craft - in Star Township outside Moscow, addressing their first news conference after the flight, which lasted from October 4, 1994, to March 22, 1995.28.03.1995#303877
Pilots-Cosmonauts Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev and Valery Polyakov, members of the Soyuz-7-TM space crew, after soft-landing.27.04.1989#72395
