LONGEST SPACE FLIGHT OF SOVIET ASTRONAUTS ON SOYUZ-26 SPACECRAFT

Description: Original slogans on the poster: В 140 ДНЕЙ КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ ПОЛЁТ В РЯДУ ДРУГИХ СВЕРШЕНИЙ УДИВИТЕЛЬНЫХ ТОРЖЕСТВЕННО В ИСТОРИЮ ВОЙДЁТ ВАЖНЕЙШЕЙ ВЕХОЙ БУДУЩИХ РАБОТ И БУДУЩИХ ПОБЕД В ПОЛЕТАХ ДЛИТЕЛЬНЫХ. Literally English slogan translation: IN 140 DAYS A SPACE FLIGHT IN A NUMBER OF OTHER AMAZING CELEBRATION HISTORIES WILL ENTER THE MOST IMPORTANT MAGNITUDE OF FUTURE WORKS AND FUTURE VICTORIES IN LONG FLIGHTS. POSTER ARTIST: NEPOMNAYSCHIY L. PRINT YEAR: 1978 SUBJECT: OUTER SPACE LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN PRINT RUN: UP TO 300 COPIES PUBLISHED BY: "AGITPLAKAT" #4550 SIZE: IN: 29 x 48 = CM: 73 x 120 CONDITION: GOOD, ROLLED Original Soviet Silk Screen Printed Art Poster - looks beyond incredible alive. Silk screen printed posters were issued in a highly limited editions from 100-300 exemplars, almost handmade, that's why they are really hard to find artworks nowadays, especially about Space subject. The poster was created by Creative-production association "Agitplakat", USSR Soviet artists alliance. The artwork dedicated to the longest space flight at that time - 140 days. During this flight, the spacecraft "Soyuz-29", "Soyuz-30", "Soyuz-31", the automatic cargo ships "Progress-2", "Progress-3", "Progress-4" were docked, and the spacecraft were re-docked. Soyuz-31 with the Salyut-6 - Soyuz orbital research complex. In accordance with the Interkosmos program, two international crews were received on board this complex: a Soviet-Polish crew consisting of USSR pilot-cosmonaut Pyotr Klimuk and the first Polish cosmonaut Miroslav Germashevsky and a Soviet-German crew consisting of Valery Bykovsky and the first and only cosmonaut of the GDR Sigmund Jena. Returned to Earth on November 3, 1978 aboard the Soyuz-31 spacecraft. The duration of stay in space was 139 days 14 hours 47 minutes 32 seconds. On November 2, 1978, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the crew of the spa-craft were awarded the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR for courage and heroism, the successful implementation of a long space flight with the Order of Lenin, as well as the Gold Star medal. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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