Manned Spaceflight Collection (page 5)

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

Cosmonauts in training tank at Star City, Russia
Cosmonaut training. Cosmonauts undergoing training in a water tank at Star City, Russia. The large water tank is used to allow training for extravehicular activity (EVA)

Belyayev and Leonov, Soviet cosmonauts
Belyayev and Leonov (right), Soviet cosmonauts, in military uniform. Alexei A. Leonov (born 1934) performed the first ever spacewalk (extravehicular activity, EVA)

Vostok spacecraft launch vehicle
Vostok launch vehicle being assembled at the Le Bourget aerospace show, near Paris, France. In 1961, Vostok 1 was the first spacecraft to carry a man into space

Soyuz TMA-8 mission launch, March 2006. This is the Soyuz TMA-8 mission, the 29th manned flight to the International Space Station (ISS)

Multuple exposure photograph of a Soviet rocket
Multiple exposure photograph of a Soviet rocket at the Baikonur cosmodrome in central Asia

View of cabin of Soviet spacecraft Voskhod-1
The cabin of Voskhod 1, the Soviet three-man spacecraft launched on October 12, 1964, with cosmonauts Vladimir Komarov, Constantin Feoktistov and Boris Yegorov

The crew of Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 37 before launch on 23 July 1980. On the left is Soviet cosmonaut Vikto Gorbatko and on the right is Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese to fly in space

Belka, Soviet space dog, in a spacesuit

Soviet poster commemorating Gagarin
Soviet poster commemorating the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. Gagarins flight lasted 108 minutes

Soviet rocket being transported to launchpad
A Soviet rocket on its way to the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in central Asia

Soviet cosmonauts practice water landing procedure
Soviet cosmonauts practise a water landing during a training exercise

Spacewalk during shuttle mission STS-69
Spacewalk. Against the backdrop of a cloudy Earth, astronaut James S. Voss, payload commander, stands on a mobile foot restraint attached to Space Shuttle Endeavour by a remote manipulator arm

Lunar rover, artwork
Lunar rover. Computer artwork of a lunar rover vehicle (LVR). Electric four-wheel drive vehicles like this were used during the Apollo moon landings

Apollo 11 lunar module, computer artwork
Apollo 11 lunar module. Computer artwork of Apollo 11s lunar module LM-5 Eagle. Apollo 11 was the first manned lunar landing mission, touching down at 20:17 UTC (universal time) on 20th July 1969

Soviet-French space crew, 1981
French-Soviet space mission training. Clockwise from right are French astronaut Patrick Baudry, and Soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov

Launch of shuttle mission STS-70, July 13 1995

Artwork of spacecraft using aerobraking technique
Artists impression of a future spacecraft returning from the Moon or Mars and using the aerobraking technique to lose velocity before entering Earth orbit

Artwork of Solar Sail Bulk Ore Freighter
Solar sail. Artwork of a Solar Sail Bulk Ore Freighter. The pressure of sunlight (in the form of photons) on the huge gossamer-fine sails provides a slow but continuous acceleration

Cut-away artwork of the Columbus Orbital Facility
Columbus module. Cut-away artwork showing the interior of the Columbus Orbital Facility (COF) or Attached Pressurised Module whilst attached to the International Space Station (ISS)

ISS space walk, July 2006
ISS space walk. British astronaut Piers Sellers (born 1955) carrying out extravehicular activity (EVA, a space walk), at the International Space Station (ISS)

Astronaut demonstrating weightlessness on shuttle

ASTP: Soyuz-19 cosmonauts Leonov & Kubasov
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). Soviet cosmonauts Alexei Leonov (front) & Valeri Kubasov prior to the launch of their Soyuz-19 spacecraft on July 15, 1975

Space shuttle and Earth. Computer artwork of space shuttle Atlantis in flight over Earth. Atlantis was the fourth space shuttle built. Its first flight was in 1985

Dr Mukai entering IML-2 module, Shuttle STS-65
Dr Chiaki Mukai entering the IML-2 science module during Shuttle Mission STS-65. Dr Mukai served as a payload specialist during the mission which carried the second International Microgravity

ISS space walk

ISS astronaut
International Space Station astronaut. Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria working on the International Space Station (ISS). Some of the solar arrays on the ISS are seen over the Earth behind him

Space Shuttle view of escaped space junk
Space Shuttle mission STS-10 view of part of the rear of the shuttle, earth below and an " escaped" foot restraint

Aerial view of Shuttle STS-6 on way to launchpad
Space shuttle Challenger, mission STS-6, seen here climbing the ramp to the launchpad at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida. STS-6 was Challengers first flight

Astronaut Fuglesang performing spacewalk. Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang participating in the second extravehicular activity (EVA)

Chimp Ham after Mercury MR2 flight

Launch of Columbia on STS-50
Launch of Shuttle Mission STS-50. Space Shuttle Columbia thunders into the air at the start of Mission STS-50 on 25 June 1992

Space shuttle exercise. Astronaut Robert D. Cabana (mission commander) working out using an exercise bike on the Space Shuttle Endeavour while in Earth orbit

Astronaut performing a spacewalk
Astronaut performing a space walk. Composite image of an astronaut performing a space walk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), during the STS-115 mission. The Earth is seen in the background

Shuttle Columbia launch, Mission STS-75, 22. 2. 96
Shuttle Columbia launch, Mission STS-75, 22.2.96

Space shuttle Challenger STS-7 orbiting Earth
View of the space shuttle Challenger in orbit above the Earth. The photograph was taken by the free-flying shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-01) on June 22, 1983, during shuttle mission STS-7

Artwork of Armstrong descending Lunar Module steps
Artists impression of astronaut Neil A. Armstrong descending the steps of the Apollo 11 lunar module to become the first man to walk on the Moon

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