1969 Press Photo Soyuz spacecraft cosmonauts line up for a photo, Russia

Soyuz spacecraft cosmonauts line up for a photo, Russia. This picture of nine Russian cosmonauts was released Monday by the Soviet news agency, Tass. From left to right are, Viktor Gorbatko; Anatoly Filipchenko; Georgy Beregovoy; Vladimir Shatalov; Vladislav Volkov; Georgy Shonin; Valery Kubasov; Valery Bykovsky and Alexei Yeleseyev. All but Beregovoy and Bykovsky are in space Monday in three Soyuz spacecraft. Beregovoy spent four days in space as the lone cosmonaut aboard Soyuz 3 and Bykovsky was in space for 119 hours in 1963 in Vostok 5.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.