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The Soviet space programCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2017
NASA Early Rockets, Army ballistic missile agency
Over its sixty-year history, primarily classified military The Soviet space program was responsible for a number of pioneering accomplishments in space flight, including the first intercontinental ballistic missile (R-7), first satellite (Sputnik 1), first animal in Earth orbit (the dog Laika on Sputnik 2), first human in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1), first woman in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6), first spacewalk (cosmonaut Alexey Leonov on Voskhod 2), first Moon impact (Luna 2), first image of the far side of the moon (Luna 3) and unmanned lunar soft landing (Luna 9), first space rover (Lunokhod 1), first sample of lunar soil automatically extracted and brought to Earth (Luna 16), and first space station (Salyut 1).
Further notable records included the first interplanetary probes: Venera 1 and Mars 1 to fly by Venus and Mars, respectively, Venera 3 and Mars 2 to impact the respective planet surface, and Venera 7 and Mars 3 to make soft landings on these planets.
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Apollo-Soyuz, 1975. NASA public domain image colelction.

Apollo-Soyuz, 1975. NASA public domain image colelction.

Image Credit: NASA..Description July 15, 1975.The first international space mission, the Apollo-Soyuz brought into contact American and Soviet crews in outerspace...This mission marked the end of the space race... More

Russian and American Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) - Prime Crew Portrait

Russian and American Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) - Prime Crew Por...

S75-22410 (March 1975) --- These five men compose the two prime crews of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) docking mission in Earth orbit scheduled for July 1975. They are astronaut ... More

Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in orbit as seen from American Apollo spacecraft

Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in orbit as seen from American Apollo spacecra...

AST-01-056 (18 July 1975) --- An excellent view of the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in Earth orbit, photographed from the American Apollo spacecraft during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) dockin... More

Joint certificate marking historical moment during ASTP rendezvous

Joint certificate marking historical moment during ASTP rendezvous

AST-03-171 (17 July 1975) --- The hands of cosmonaut Valerly N. Kubasov are seen as the ASTP engineer adds his name to the signature on the Soviet side of the official joint certificate marking an historical mo... More

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, a wintry scene serves as a backdrop for a familiar sight – Lenin’s Statue --- commemorating Vladimir Lenin’s who led an evolving Soviet Union from 1917-1924. The photo was captured on Nov. 1, 2016.  NASA/Stephanie Stoll jsc2016e179945

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, a wintr...

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, a wintry scene serves as a backdrop for a familiar sight – Lenin’s Statue --- commemorating Vladimir Lenin’s who led an evolving Soviet Union from ... More

STS074-709-072 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight deck windows

STS074-709-072 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight d...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Base Block, Kvant, Progress, Kristall and Spektr modules of the Russian Mir space station can be seen through the aft flight deck windows of the spa... More

STS074-709-073 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight deck windows

STS074-709-073 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight d...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Base Block, Kvant, Progress, Kristall and Spektr modules of the Russian Mir space station can be seen through the aft flight deck windows of the spa... More

US and Soviet space launch vehicles. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 41, Page 44

US and Soviet space launch vehicles. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Recovery of Soviet space plane. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 38, Page 42, top

Recovery of Soviet space plane. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 198...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An overhead view of a life-size replica of a large Soviet communications satellite recently launched into Earth orbit. The craft is on display in one of the pavilions of the Exhibition of Soviet National Economic Achievement

An overhead view of a life-size replica of a large Soviet communicatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Moscow Country: Russia (RUS) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

A graph comparing the number of U.S. and Soviet space launches between 1960 and 1985

A graph comparing the number of U.S. and Soviet space launches between...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial view of the Soviet space tracking facility at Dushanbe

An aerial view of the Soviet space tracking facility at Dushanbe

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A port view of the Soviet Civilian space event support ship KOSMONAVT YURIY GAGARIN

A port view of the Soviet Civilian space event support ship KOSMONAVT ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Mir space station as seen from STS-63 Discovery

Mir space station as seen from STS-63 Discovery

STS063-708-057 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Backdropped against the darkness of space, only the shiny part of Russia's Mir Space Station are clearly visible in this 70mm frame, photographed during rendezvous operations by... More

Mir 18 extravehicular activity. NASA public domain image colelction.

Mir 18 extravehicular activity. NASA public domain image colelction.

NM18-305-023 (March-July 1995) --- Cosmonaut Gennadiy M. Strekalov, Mir-18 flight engineer, is photographed during one of five space walks conducted by the Mir-18 crew. This is one of many visuals shown during... More

STS079-783-045 - STS-079 - Survey views of Mir space station taken while docked with orbiter

STS079-783-045 - STS-079 - Survey views of Mir space station taken whi...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir space station taken by the crew of the shuttle Atlantis while the orbiter was docked with the station. Views include: Rapana and... More

Mir Space Station views after undocking and flyaround by shuttle Atlantis

Mir Space Station views after undocking and flyaround by shuttle Atlan...

STS076-713-036 (23 March 1996) --- Backdropped against the waters of Cook Strait near New Zealand's South Island, Russia's Mir Space Station is seen from the aft flight deck window of the Space Shuttle Atlantis... More

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on a rail car near the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Exped... More

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

With a mockup of the defunct Russian "Buran" Space Shuttle sitting nearby, right, a Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazak... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft is mated to its booster rocket in a processing hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday, October 11, 2004, in preparation for its rollout to the launch pad October 12 an... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft is mated to its booster rocket in a processing hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday, October 11, 2004, in preparation for its rollout to the launch pad October 12 an... More

Expedition 11 Soyuz Preparation

Expedition 11 Soyuz Preparation

Russian technicians work, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, on mating the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft to the booster rocket inside the integration facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as preparations continued f... More

Expedition 19 Soyuz Assembly. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Soyuz Assembly. NASA public domain image colelction.

The boosters of the Soyuz rocket are seen as the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and boosters are assembled Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of... More

Expedition 19 Soyuz Erection. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Soyuz Erection. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz rocket is erected into position at the launch pad Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 19 and a spaceflight partic... More

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participa... More

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participa... More

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participa... More

Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz rocket is seen shortly after arrival to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 and a spaceflight pa... More

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49-50 backup crewmembers Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right, far left) and Alexander Misurkin (right, center) and Nikolai Tikhonov (right, far right) of Roscosmos report to officials Aug. 30 at the start of final qualification exams. They are serving as backups to prime crewmembers Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Andrey Borisenko and Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos who will launch on Sept. 24 (Kazakh time) on their Soyuz MS-02 vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station.  NASA/Stephanie Stoll jsc2016e107483

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedit...

At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 49-50 backup crewmembers Mark Vande Hei of NASA (right, far left) and Alexander Misurkin (right, center) and Nikolai Tikhonov (right, fa... More

NASA Early Rockets, Army ballistic missile agency

NASA Early Rockets, Army ballistic missile agency

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency incorporated the von Braun team in key positions with Dr. von Braun as a head of the Development Operations Division. On October 4, 1957, the Nation was shocked when the Russia... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

This illustration depicts a configuration of the Soyuz spacecraft for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP was the first international docking of the U.S.'s Apollo spacecraft and the U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz ... More

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.

This illustration shows the docking configuration of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP was the first international docking of the U.S.'s Apollo spacecraft and the U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz spacecraft in spa... More

Mock-ups of USSR Soyuz spacecraft on display at Star City

Mock-ups of USSR Soyuz spacecraft on display at Star City

S74-24675 (June 1974) --- Two mock-ups of the USSR Soyuz spacecraft which are on display at the Cosmonaut Training Center (Star City) near Moscow. The Soyuz spacecraft mounted vertically on the left is a traini... More

TRAINING - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) (MOSCOW)

TRAINING - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) (MOSCOW)

S74-25259 (June 1974) --- Four crewmen of the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission are photographed beside a Soyuz spacecraft trainer during ASTP crew training activity at the Cosmonaut Training Ce... More

PROTOCOL - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) - MOSCOW VISIT - USSR

PROTOCOL - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) - MOSCOW VISIT - USSR

S74-24948 (4 July 1974) --- A group of astronauts from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project office at the Johnson Space Center are photographed with their Soviet hosts after attending a reception at the USSR Academy o... More

Historic Handshake. NASA public domain image colelction.

Historic Handshake. NASA public domain image colelction.

(July 17, 1975) Apollo Commander, Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (in foreground) and Soyuz Commander, Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov make their historic handshake in space during the joint Russian / American docking ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Model of docked Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in the foreground and skylight in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay frame the second stage of the Saturn 1B booster that will launch the United States ASTP mission as a crane raises it prior to its mating with the Saturn 1B first stage.  Mating of the Saturn 1B first and second stages was completed this morning.  The U. S. ASTP launch with mission commander Thomas Stafford, command module pilot Vance Brand and docking module pilot Donald Slayton is scheduled at 3:50 p.m. EDT July 15.      The first international crewed spaceflight was a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. rendezvous and docking mission.  The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, or ASTP, took its name from the spacecraft employed: the American Apollo and the Soviet Soyuz.  The three-man Apollo crew lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard a Saturn IB rocket on July 15, 1975, to link up with the Soyuz that had launched a few hours earlier.  A cylindrical docking module served as an airlock between the two spacecraft for transfer of the crew members.  Photo credit: NASA KSC-108-75P-0005

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Model of docked Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Model of docked Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in the foreground and skylight in the Vehicle Assembly Building high bay frame the second stage of the Saturn 1B booster that will launch the U... More

ONBOARD PHOTOS - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) - "HANDSHAKE IN SPACE"

ONBOARD PHOTOS - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) - "HANDSHAKE IN SPAC...

S75-29432 (17 July 1975) --- Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (in foreground) and cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov make their historic handshake in space on July 17, 1975 during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo Soyuz Test Pro... More

APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) - ART CONCEPT (LEONOV DRAWING)

APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) - ART CONCEPT (LEONOV DRAWING)

S75-28504 (17 July 1975) --- The American ASTP crewmen search the skies for the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in this humorous artwork by cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov. Astronauts Vance D. Brand, Donald K. Slayton and ... More

AMERICAN AND SOVIET ASTRONAUTS - KUBASOV - SOVIET - APOLLO SOYUZ

AMERICAN AND SOVIET ASTRONAUTS - KUBASOV - SOVIET - APOLLO SOYUZ

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/27/1976 Photographer: COPY NEGATIVE Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

STS074-709-055 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight deck windows

STS074-709-055 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight d...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Base Block, Kvant, Progress, Kristall and Spektr modules of the Russian Mir space station can be seen through the aft flight deck windows of the spa... More

A port beam view of the Soviet civilian space associated ship KOSMONAUT VLADIMIR KOMAROV, a converted Poltava class dry cargo ship

A port beam view of the Soviet civilian space associated ship KOSMONAU...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Mir Space Station views taken during STS-76 mission

Mir Space Station views taken during STS-76 mission

STS076-734-084 (22 - 31 March 1996) --- A clear scene of the Sinai Peninsula and the Nile River Delta forms the backdrop for this 70mm scene of Russia's Mir Space Station, as photographed from the aft flight de... More

Expedition 7 Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

A Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, April 24, 2003. Expedition 7 is scheduled to launch onb... More

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

A Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket is seen, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan during preparations for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Expedition 8 Commande... More

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 8 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

The booster rocker of the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft is transported on a rail car to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2003, in preparation for liftoff Oct. 18 to carry Exp... More

Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Spac... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Of... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Of... More

Beside Vostok Crater polar - Mars exploration rover images
Expedition 11 Soyuz Preparation

Expedition 11 Soyuz Preparation

The engines of the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft are seen, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, inside the integration facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as preparations continued for the April 15 launch of Expedi... More

Epedition 11 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

Epedition 11 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle is transported by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 13, 2005, as preparations continued for the April 15 launch to send Expedition 11 Com... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off ... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off ... More

Expedition 13 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Commander Pavel V. Vinogradov and Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams began their mission Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. EST, (Thursday, March 30, 2006, 8:30 a.m. Kazakhstan time). The... More

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Launch

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Launch

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft launches carrying Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov and American spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, from the Bai... More

Expedition 25 Soyuz Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 25 Soyuz Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Engineer Shannon Walker out of the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft shortly after the capsule landed with her, Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Frid... More

14-12-16-10-2:     (14 Sept. 2014) --- The Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during a tour of Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept. 14. From left to right are Scott Kelly of NASA, Gennady Padalka of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos. Kelly and Kornienko will launch from Baikonur in March 2015 to spend a full year on the International Space Station. They are backups to Barry Wilmore of NASA, Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Elena Serova of Roscosmos. Wilmore, Samokutyaev and Serova will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.  Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov jsc2014e080537

14-12-16-10-2: (14 Sept. 2014) --- The Expedition 41/42 backup cre...

14-12-16-10-2: (14 Sept. 2014) --- The Expedition 41/42 backup crewmembers pose for pictures in front of a statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space, during a tour of Baikonur, Kazakhstan Sept... More

A model of a space station on a black background. Sputnik satellite astronautics, science technology.

A model of a space station on a black background. Sputnik satellite as...

The first satellite to be flown in space / A silver satellite in the space - public domain aircraft photo.

Moscow rocket launch building. A close up of a bunch of red and white fire hydrants

Moscow rocket launch building. A close up of a bunch of red and white ...

Architecture stock photograph: A close up of a large metal structure with multiple engines / A close up of a bunch of red and white fire hydrants.

Soviet Union Lunar Rovers - NASA Rover images

Soviet Union Lunar Rovers - NASA Rover images

This image taken by NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Soviet robotic lander Luna 17 still sitting on Mare Imbrium where it delivered the Lunokhod 1 Rover in November 1970. NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov briefed on Apollo Communications test system console

Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov briefed on Apollo Communications test system ...

S74-20807 (23 April 1974) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (foreground) is briefed on the Apollo communications test system console in the Building 440 laboratory during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Pro... More

American & Soviet engineers examine ASTP docking set-up following tests

American & Soviet engineers examine ASTP docking set-up following test...

S74-25394 (10 July 1974) --- A group of American and Soviet engineers of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project working group three examines an ASTP docking set-up following a docking mechanism fitness test conducted in... More

Soviet and American ASTP commanders in Soyuz orbital module mock-up

Soviet and American ASTP commanders in Soyuz orbital module mock-up

S74-29041 (September 1974) --- The commanders of the American astronaut and Soviet cosmonaut crews for the joint U.S.?USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission compare notes in a Soyuz spacecraft?s orbital module ... More

STS074-721-067 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen from aft flight deck

STS074-721-067 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen from aft flight deck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Base Block, Kvant, Spektr and Kristall modules of the Russian space station Mir. Subject Terms: MIR SPACE STATION MODULES SURVEYS SOLAR AR... More

STS074-721-038 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen from aft flight deck

STS074-721-038 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen from aft flight deck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the solar arrays connected to the Spektr module of the Mir space station as seen from the aft flight deck of the shuttle Atlantis. Subject Ter... More

A starboard beam view of the Russian fish factory ship Zaliv Vostok underway

A starboard beam view of the Russian fish factory ship Zaliv Vostok un...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Western Pacific Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard quarter view of the Soviet Borovichi class space event support ship (SESS) ship NEVEL underway

A starboard quarter view of the Soviet Borovichi class space event sup...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Mir space station as seen from STS-63 Discovery

Mir space station as seen from STS-63 Discovery

STS063-712-072 (6 Feb 1995) --- Russia's Mir Space Station over the blue and white Earth during initial approach for rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. Docked at bottom (nearest portion wh... More

Rendezvous and docking between Atlantis and Mir space station

Rendezvous and docking between Atlantis and Mir space station

STS074-332-029 (15 Nov 1995) --- A 35mm camera aimed through the Space Shuttle Atlantis? aft windows captured rendezvous and docking operations with the Space Shuttle Atlantis and Russia?s Mir Space Station in ... More

Mir Space Station survey pre- and post-docking during STS-76 mission

Mir Space Station survey pre- and post-docking during STS-76 mission

STS076-705-019 (23 March 1996) --- Backdropped against the darkness of space, Russia's Mir Space Station is seen from the aft flight deck window of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The two spacecraft were about to ... More

Mir Space Station views taken during STS-76 mission

Mir Space Station views taken during STS-76 mission

STS076-709-007 (22 - 31 March 1996) --- Earth's terminator forms the backdrop for this scene of Russia Mir Space Station's Soyuz and Kvant 2 Modules, as photographed from the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttl... More

Hatch closing between Mir and Shuttle

Hatch closing between Mir and Shuttle

S76-E-5215 (28 March 1996) --- Astronaut Kevin P. Chilton, STS-76 mission commander, gets a warm good-bye from cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Mir-21 flight engineer, as the Space Shuttle Atlantis is about to be sep... More

STS084-310-026 - STS-084 - Mir space station as viewed through the flight deck window COAS

STS084-310-026 - STS-084 - Mir space station as viewed through the fli...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Mir Space Station taken from Spacehab window. Subject Terms: STS-84, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), MIR SPACE STATION, WINDOWS Date Taken: 6/4/1997 ... More

STS084-309-010 - STS-084 - View of Mir Space Station as seen from flight deck overhead window and Spacehab

STS084-309-010 - STS-084 - View of Mir Space Station as seen from flig...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of Mir Space Station as seen from flight deck overhead window and Spacehab window. Visible is the Base Block, Kvant-1 and Spektr modules with sola... More

April 24, 2003, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.  The Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad.  Expedition Seven is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz this Saturday April 26, 2003.  Photo Credit: "NASA/Scott Andrews" 03pd1271

April 24, 2003, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket is ...

April 24, 2003, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad. Expedition Seven is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz this ... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-5 vehicle rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Tuesday, October 12, 2004, in preparation for its launch October 14 to send Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Of... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft is mated to its booster rocket in a processing hangar at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Monday, October 11, 2004, in preparation for its rollout to the launch pad October 12 an... More

Epedition 11 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

Epedition 11 Soyuz Transport. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-6 vehicle is transported by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, April 13, 2005, as preparations continued for the April 15 launch to send Expedition 11 Com... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-8 capsule was mated Monday, March 27, 2006 to its booster in preparation for the launch on March 30, 2006 carrying Expedition 13 crew members, Jeffrey N. Williams, Science Officer and Flight Engin... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft and its booster rolled out to the launch pad on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan for final pre-launch preparations. The Soyuz will blast off ... More

Expedition 19 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 19 and a spaceflight participant on Ma... More

Expedition 19 Soyuz Erection. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Soyuz Erection. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz rocket is erected into position at the launch pad Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 19 and a spaceflight partic... More

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009 carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and Spaceflight Participa... More

Expedition 20 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 20 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on S... More

A large truck with a bunch of pipes on top of it. Soyuz rocket spacecraft railcar.

A large truck with a bunch of pipes on top of it. Soyuz rocket spacecr...

A long train with several rockets on it / The rocket is loaded on the train public domain stock photo.

A rocket is being launched into the sky. Rocket soyuz rocket soyuz, science technology.

A rocket is being launched into the sky. Rocket soyuz rocket soyuz, sc...

The soyuz ms - 20 rocket lifts off from the launch pad / The soyuz ms - 2 rocket lifts off from the launch pad at the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan public domain stock photo.

The sun is setting behind the oil rigs. Baikonur russia cosmodrome

The sun is setting behind the oil rigs. Baikonur russia cosmodrome

The sun setting behind the towers / The sun sets behind towers / Public domain stock photo.

A large satellite dish sitting on top of a building. Latvia irbene soviet, science technology.

A large satellite dish sitting on top of a building. Latvia irbene sov...

The antenna of the satellite dish / The antenna of the satellite public domain stock photo.

Public domain stock image. Buran shuttle space, science technology.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Space Program

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Space Program

Yuri Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in a town outside of Moscow, Russia. After graduating from secondary school in 1949, Gagarin went to several technical schools before joining the Orenburg Higher Air Force... More

Meeting - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)

Meeting - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)

S74-20794 (23 April 1974) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (center), commander of the Soviet crew of the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission, goes through familiarization training with a television... More

Saturn Apollo Program - Drawing. Public domain image.

Saturn Apollo Program - Drawing. Public domain image.

This illustration depicts a configuration of the Command Service Module (CSM) and Docking Module (DM) for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). The ASTP was the first international docking of the U.S.'s Apollo ... More

APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) (DOCKING) - ART CONCEPT

APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP) (DOCKING) - ART CONCEPT

S74-24913 (August 1973) --- An artist's concept illustrating an Apollo-type spacecraft (left) about to dock with a Soviet Soyuz-type spacecraft. A recent agreement between the United States (USA) and the Union ... More

ASTP -  INSIGNIAS, Soviet Space Program

ASTP - INSIGNIAS, Soviet Space Program

S75-20361 (27 Feb. 1975) --- This is the American crew insignia of the joint United States-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) scheduled to take place in July 1975. Of circular design, the insignia has a col... More

Simulations - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) - Soyuz - JSC

Simulations - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) - Soyuz - JSC

S75-21892 (20 Feb. 1975) --- Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (left) and cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov participate in Apollo-Soyuz Test Project joint crew training in Building 35 at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Staff... More

SIMULATIONS - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP)

SIMULATIONS - APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT (ASTP)

S75-24899 (April 1975) --- An exhibit illustrating the space suits designed for the Soviet cosmonaut crewmen of the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit. These were on displa... More

Launch Preparations - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) - USSR

Launch Preparations - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) - USSR

S75-25615 (April 1975) --- The Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission is seen during prelaunch preparations at the Baikonur launch complex near Tyuratam in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist... More

STS074-721-050 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen from aft flight deck

STS074-721-050 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen from aft flight deck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Sofora Truss and the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm on the space shuttle Atlantis silhouetted against a cloudy Earth. The views were t... More

STS074-709-060 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight deck windows

STS074-709-060 - STS-074 - Mir space station seen through aft flight d...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Base Block, Kvant, Progress, Kristall and Spektr modules of the Russian Mir space station can be seen through the aft flight deck windows of the spa... More

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