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Apr 8

Alexei Gubarev and Vladimír Remek (Czechoslovakia), crew of Soyuz 28. They spent 7 days in space onboard Salyut 6. This was the first manned flight in the Interkosmos program, making Vladimír Remek the first person in space who was not a Soviet or American citizen. (1978)

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Mar 13

fyeahcosmonauts:

Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh, crew of Soyuz T-13, wave goodbye at launch. It was the first Soyuz to dock to an inert station; Salyut 7 had been left empty for eight months because of a problem with the solar arrays. (1985)

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Feb 20

fyeahcosmonauts:

Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Kononenko during their spacewalk last Thursday.

(From Andre Kuipers’ Flickr)

Feb 13

fyeahcosmonauts:

Yuri Glazkov and Viktor Gorbatko during emergency Soyuz sea landing training. (1976)