1969 Press Photo The Soyuz 8 spacecraft launches from Baikaonur Cosmodrome, Asia

The Soyuz 8 spacecraft launches from Baikaonur Cosmodrome, Asia. Soyuz 8 spacecraft is launched from the Baikaonur Cosmodrome in Central Asia Monday in this picture monitored from a delayed broadcast on Moscow television. The spaceship joined Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 in orbit. It is the first time three spacecraft have been in orbit simultaneously. Moscow

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 9.5 x 8.25 inches.