1977 Press Photo Russian spacemen Yuri Romanenko and Georgi M. Grechko, Soyuz 26

Moscow: Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Romanenko (left), 33, flight commander of the Soviet Union's Soyuz 26 spacecraft, and Georgi M. Grechko, 46, the flight engineer, are pictured at a training center before the flight of the spacecraft. The Soyuz 26 spacecraft docked successfully with the orbiting Salyut 6 research station December 11th, it was reported in Moscow, and the two-man crew crawled into the station to begin a program of experiments 135 to 170 miles above the earth. January 11, 1978.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches. Photo is dated 12-20-1977.

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