Manned Spaceflight Collection (page 4)

Spacewalk, Joseph R. Tanner, STS-82
Spacewalk. Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner performs a spacewalk during a Space Shuttle Mission. A spacewalk is also known as ExtraVehicular Activity (EVA)

First Space Shuttle launch C014 / 4704
First Space Shuttle launch. First launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia, showing the two solid rocket boosters after being jettisoned

Tereshkova and Korolyov C014 / 0749
Tereshkova and Korolyov. Soviet cosmonaut and first woman in space, Valentina Vladimironva Tereshkova (b.1937) talking to the Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov

Gagarins pilot license. Pilot license of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968). Gagarin made the first manned spaceflight on 12th April 1961

Salyut 6 Soviet space station C013 / 8984
Salyut 6 soviet space station. View of the Soviet Salyut 6, or DOS-5, orbital space station in orbit above the Earth with the Soyuz 31 spacecraft (bottom) docked with it

Salyut 6 Soviet space station C013 / 8983
Salyut 6 soviet space station. View of the Soviet Salyut 6, or DOS-5, orbital space station in orbit above the Earth with two Soyuz spacecraft docked with it - one at either end

Salyut 6 Soviet space station C013 / 8982
Salyut 6 soviet space station. View of the Soviet Salyut 6, or DOS-5, orbital space station in orbit above the Earth with a Soyuz spacecraft (far left) docked with it

Crew of space shuttle mission STS-7 C013 / 7897
Crew of space shuttle mission STS-7. Four of the five astronauts that were on mission STS-7 outside the shuttle mission simulator

Sally Ride on space shuttle Challenger C013 / 7900
Sally Ride on space shuttle Challenger. NASA astronaut and first US woman in space, Sally Ride (1951-2012) with a tool box on the mid deck of the space shuttle Challenger

Preparing food on space shuttle C013 / 7898
Preparing food on space shuttle Challenger. Astronauts during mission STS-7 preparing food. At centre and bottom centre Sally Ride

Soyuz-TM 12 space crew. The crew of Soyuz-TM 12, from left to right, was: Sergei Krikalev, Anatloi Artsebarski and Helen Sharman. Soyuz-TM 12 was launched on 18 May 1991

Jet power version of Buran, Russian space shuttle
Buran space shuttle training aircraft. This full-sized mock-up of the Russian Buran space shuttle was used to conduct approach and landing training for its pilots

Descent module of Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarins descent module, known as Charik or " little ball", on April 12, 1961, at the end of the first manned spaceflight

Crew of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 35
The crew of Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 35 in training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre before their flight on 9 April 1980. Both Valeri Ryumin (left) and Leonid Popov are space veterans

Salyut 1 space station, artwork
Salyut 1 space station. Artwork of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft (upper left) docking with the Salyut 1 space station (right) in Earth orbit on 7 June 1971

Soviet spacecrat Vostok 6 on launchpad
Soviet spacecraft Vostok 6 on the launchpad at Baikonur cosmodrome on 16th June 1963. Vostok 6 was piloted by the first woman to fly in space, Valentina Tereshkova

Russian shuttle Buran on launch pad at night
The first Russian space shuttle, Buran, seen at night on its launch-pad. Buran was the first of five Russian shuttle vehicles

Salyut-7 with Soyuz T-14 in orbit
Salyut-7 and Soyuz T-14 (left end) in orbit, seen from the departing Soyuz T-13 spacecraft. Salyut- 7 was launched on 19 April 1982

A-type rocket carrying a Vostok manned spacecraft
View of an A-type rocket, carrying a Vostok manned spacecraft, being prepared for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in central Asia

Vostok 1 landing capsule after re-entry. Known as " little ball", this was Yuri Gagarins descent module after he completed the first manned orbit of the Earth, on April 12 1961

Cosmonaut training, Soyuz TMA-8 crew. Commander Pavel Vinogradov training in a spacesuit at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazahkstan, in preparation for the Soyuz TMA-8 mission

Launch of the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1

Yuri Gagarin visiting Budapest, Hungary in 1961
Yuri Gagarin. View of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, visiting Budapest, Hungary, in 1961. Gagarin made his flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961

Second animals in space: Soviet space dogs
Space animals. Scientist holds up Strelka (left) and Belka, the dogs on board the Soviet Korabl- Sputnik 2 (also called Sputnik 5), the second spacecraft to carry animals into orbit

Centrifuge used to train Russian cosmonauts
Human centrifuge. TsF-18 centrifuge used to train cosmonauts at Star City (Zvezdny Gorodok), Russia, for manned missions. The centrifuge simulates the acceleration felt by cosmonauts in spaceflight

Soyuz TMA-11 space crew. The crew of Soyuz TMA 11 was made up of Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (top), Peggy Whitson (bottom) and Yuri Malenchenko (not seen)

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova

Integration of Buran and Energia
The Russian Space Shuttle Buran, being integrated with its Energia launcher. Buran made its only orbital flight on 15 November 1988, an unmanned test mission

Progress 1 spacecraft
Progress-1 transporter docked to a Salyut space station (right), seen at an exhibition. The Progress spacecraft were unmanned supply vehicles for the Soviet space program

Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, before the launch of the Soyuz TM6 mission to the Mir Space Station. Polyakov launched with two other cosmonauts from Baikonur Cosmodrome

Mir space station in orbit seen from Soyuz
Peace in orbit. The Russian space station Mir ( peace ), seen floating in orbit above the Earth. As is common practice with the space station

Proton rocket & Granat observatory on launch pad
A Soviet Proton rocket, carrying the Granat astrophysical observatory, being installed on the launchpad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, on 29 November, 1989

Soyuz TMA-11 mission launch, October 2007
Soyuz TMA-11 mission launch. Soyuz TMA-11 rocket lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on 10th October 2007 at 13:22 GMT

Soviet cosmonauts during training
Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Alexander Laveikin in training for their record-breaking stay on board the Mir space station

Soyuz TM-7 mission cosmonauts
Soyuz cosmonauts being interviewed after a successful landing. The cosmonauts are, from left to right, Valery Polyakov, Alexander Volkov and Sergei Krikalev

Vostock ejection seat. All of the cosmonauts in the Vostock series of spaceflights used such ejection seats before landing

Rhesus monkeys used in Soviet space research
Space monkeys. Rhesus monkeys sent into space as part of the Russian-American Biocosmos/Bion or Biosputnik space programme

Testing of electrics in SL-4 (Soyuz) launcher
Electrical check being made to an SL-4 first stage, the type used to launch Russian Soyuz spacecraft into orbit. The SL-4 is the most-used model of orbital launcher

Russian shuttle Buran & An-225 carrier flying
Piggy-back flight, Soviet-stlye. An Antonov An-225 cargo aircraft carrying the Buran space shuttle during a test flight. The An-225, called " Mryia" (Ukrainian for dream )

Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin & Gherman Titov
Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin (left) & Gherman Titov. Gagarin became the first man to go into space on 12 April 1961. Titov became the third man in space on 6 August 1961

Soviet space shuttle, Buran, on launchpad
The Soviet space shuttle, Buran, mounted on its launch vehicle, Energia, on a launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR. An unmanned Buran was launched on November 15th 1988 for a test flight lasting 3

Cosmonaut training

Soyuz TM-6 crew undergoing weightlessness training
One of the crew of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T 6 photographed during a training exercise. The astronaut is working on a mock-up of a spacecraft

Alexei Leonov, Soviet cosmonaut

Astronauts Yuri Gagarin & Valentina Tereshkova
Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and first woman in space, photographed in 1963. Gagarin made the first manned spaceflight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961

Astronaut J-L Chretien leaving TM-6 descent module
French astronaut Jean-Luc Chretien leaving the Soyuz TM-6 descent module after a joint Franco- Soviet mission aboard the Soviet space station Mir

Technician holding two Soviet space dogs
A technician holds Blackie and Breezy, two of the dogs launched into space on Soviet spacecraft

Computer artwork of a spaceship
Spaceship. Computer illustration of a spaceship travelling through deep space. In the background is a nebula, a glowing cloud of gas and dust

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