Photo Soviet Cosmonauts USSR Ian and Bykovsky \"Soyuz-31\" 1978 Space For Sale

Photo of Soviet Cosmonauts USSR Ian and Bykovsky \"Soyuz-31\" 1978
Soyuz-31 is a manned space flight of the Soyuz transport manned spacecraft to the Salyut 6 orbital station. This was the third space flight organized within the framework of the international space program Intercosmos and the first with the participation of an astronaut from the GDR. Commander - Bykovsky, Valery Fedorovich - pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR No. 5, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, who completed three flights. Cosmonaut Researcher - Ian, Sigmund Werner Paul - - the first and only pilot-cosmonaut of the GDR, the first German in space, Hero of the GDR, Hero of the Soviet Union, retired major general of aviation. Atheist. Member of the SED. Streets and schools were named after him.