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Moscow, Aug 19 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Yuri Kochetkov).- Russia marked on Wednesday the 60th anniversary of the dogs Belka and Strelka's flight onboard the Sputnik 5 capsule.FOOTAGE OF AN EXHIBITION ON SOVIET SPACE DOGS BELKA ANS STRELKA AT THE COSMONAUT MUSEUM IN MOSCOW.
US NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 70-71 main crew, bid farewell to their relatives and visitors gathered ahead of the launch from the Russian leased Baikonur facility, in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
Japanese tourists, relatives, friends, and members of Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's team visit the launchpad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan where a Russian Soyuz rocket launch will send Maezawa and his production assistant Yozo Hirano to the International Space Station, marking Russia's return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies. Their journey aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft piloted by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin will take just over six hours, capping a banner year that many have seen as a turning point for private space travel. IMAGES
Moscow, Jun 21 (EFE).- Russia commemorated Monday the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany during the World War II.The invasion, known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia, began on Jun. 22, 1941. (Camera: MAXIM SHIPENKOV).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO COMMEMORATE THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION BARBOSSA, THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION, AT THE POKLONNAYA HILL IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
A three-man crew enters the international Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. IMAGES