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IMAGO International History, Archive, Space travel, USSR, Luna programme 1963-1975

Nov 17, 2025

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  • Astronaut Kometen NASA Weltraum Raumschiff UFOs 9. Januar 1967 - besuchte die sowjetische Kosmonautin Valentina Tereshkova die hier stattfindende Ausstellung Raum = Forschung und Schutz vor Umweltverschmutzung in der UdSSR . Vor zwölf Jahren umrundete die charmante, nette Dame die Erde 48 Mal mit Wostok 6 , sie war und ist die erste Frau im Weltraum. In München veröffentlichte Valentina Tereshkova ihren größten Wunsch: Sie möchte zum Mars fliegen! Die Kosmonautin ist mit Andrijan Nikolajev, ebenfalls einem sowjetischen Kosmonauten (Wostok 9), verheiratet und hat eine elfjährige Tochter. Das Foto zeigt Valentina Tereshkova auf dem Weg zum Mond, - neben dem sowjetischen Luna-Auto Lunochod 1 (natürlich ein Modell davon) (null) ( Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 20120109_baf_k09_110 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Astronaut Kometen NASA Weltraum Raumschiff UFOs 28. Mai 1971 – Diskussion über den sowjetischen Luna Rover Lunokhod I *** Astronaut Comets NASA Space Spaceship UFOs 28 May 1971 – Discussion via the Soviet Luna Rover Lunokhod I Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 19710528_baf_k09_002
  • Museum für Retro Autos, St. Petersburg, Russland 19. Dezember 2018: Lunokhod 1, Weltraum Rover der Sowjetunion auf dem Mond, Museumsexemplar Museum of retro cars, St Petersburg, Russia - December 19, 2018: Lunokhod-1, Soviet Union space rover of the moon, museum specimen Copyright: imageBROKER DmitryixBogdanov ibxiqx14001570.jpg
  • Museum für Retro Autos, St. Petersburg, Russland 19. Dezember 2018: Lunokhod 1, Weltraum Rover der Sowjetunion auf dem Mond, Museumsexemplar Museum of retro cars, St Petersburg, Russia - December 19, 2018: Lunokhod-1, Soviet Union space rover of the moon, museum specimen Copyright: imageBROKER DmitryixBogdanov ibxiqx14001561.jpg
  • Museum für Retro Autos, St. Petersburg, Russland 19. Dezember 2018: Lunokhod 1, Weltraum Rover der Sowjetunion auf dem Mond, Museumsexemplar Museum of retro cars, St Petersburg, Russia - December 19, 2018: Lunokhod-1, Soviet Union space rover of the moon, museum specimen Copyright: imageBROKER DmitryixBogdanov ibxiqx14001559.jpg
  • Students of Peoples Friendship University at USSR VDNKh 8934990 12.02.1961 Students from Asia, Africa and Latin America studying at the Peoples Friendship University in Moscow (now Patrice Lumumba Russian Peoples Friendship University) visit the USSR Exhibition of National Economic Achievements that showcases achievements of Soviet science and technology, including artificial satellites. Near the USSR Academy of Sciences Pavilion, there is a model of a container of the Vostok-L carrier rocket that brought the Luna-1 station to its flight trajectory on its flight to the Moon. Evgeniy Sputnik Moscow Russia Copyright: xEvgeniyx
  • Space breakthrough Luna 21 landing Lunokhod 2 rover 187868 28.01.1973 The Soviet automatic spacecraft Luna 21 made a cushioned landing on the Moon to deliver the Lunokhod 2 unmanned lunar rover on January 16, 1973. The graph represents its soft landing and the descent of the vehicle. RIA Novosti Sputnik Russia Copyright: xRIAxNovostix
  • Postage stamp printed in USSR shows flight of soviet automatic station Luna-16 Postage stamp printed in USSR shows flight of soviet automatic station Luna-16, circa 1970 Copyright: xZoonar.com V.Sagaydashinx 3059402
  • Crimea, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. January, 1971. Lunokhod-1 lunar Rover is being tested under ground conditions simulating lunar soil at the lunodrom of the сentre for deep space. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Nikolay Akimov TASS 275633
  • Moscow, USSR. October, 1967. A view of the Luna-2 robotic spacecraft at the Pavilion No. 32 Kosmos at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 22537976
  • Moscow, USSR. August, 1967. A view of a model of the Luna-3 robotic spacecraft that was the first to photograph the far side of the Moon on October 7, 1959, at the Pavilion No. 32 Kosmos at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 22537691
  • Moscow, USSR. February, 1966. Heroes of the Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonauts Pavel Popovich, Alexei Leonov and Yuri Gagarin (L-R) look at the pictures, taken by the Luna-9 space station, during the lessons at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 1418445
  • August, 1976. Moscow, USSR. Valentin Kuzmin TASS 1597185
  • August, 1976. Moscow, USSR. Researchers of the receiving laboratory at the USSR Academy of Sciences prepare the vacuum chamber to study the Lunar soil retreived by the Luna-24 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Kuzmin TASS 1597148
  • Crimea, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. December, 1970. Lunokhod-1 Lunar Rover pass the test under ground conditions simulating lunar soil at the lunodrom of the сentre for deep space. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Nikolay Akimov TASS 8140954
  • Moscow, USSR. August, 1976. Researchers of the receiving laboratory at the USSR Academy of Sciences prepare the vacuum chamber to study the Lunar soil retreived by the Luna-24 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Kuzmin TASS 16912258
  • Moscow, USSR. August, 1976. Researchers of the receiving laboratory at the USSR Academy of Sciences prepare the vacuum chamber to study the Lunar soil retreived by the Luna-24 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Kuzmin TASS 17607405
  • Moscow, USSR. September, 1976. Technicians of the receiving laboratory at the USSR Academy of Sciences work with a vacuum chamber containing the Lunar soil retreived by the Luna-24 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Kuzmin TASS 17967501
  • Moscow, USSR. August, 1967. A view of the Luna-9 robotic spacecraft that was the first to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit a television image of the moon surface to Earth, at the Pavilion No. 32 Kosmos at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 18449177
  • Moscow, USSR. November, 1970. Rod with the drilling rig of the Luna-16 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station is located in the Space Pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Vitaly Sozinov TASS 18204339
  • Moscow, USSR. September, 1967. A view of the Luna-10 robotic spacecraft at the Pavilion No. 32 Kosmos at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 18491747
  • Moscow, USSR. November, 1970. Sample of lunar soil, delivered to Earth by the Luna-16 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station, is located in the Space Pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Vitaly Sozinov TASS 19061275
  • Moscow, USSR. August, 1967. A view of the instrument container of the Luna-9 robotic spacecraft that was the first to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit a television image of the moon surface to Earth, at the Pavilion No. 32 Kosmos at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 22537671
  • Moscow, USSR. April 1965. A view shows models of the spacecraft Electron and Luna-3 at the Polytechnic Museum. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Kunov TASS 31970309
  • Moscow, USSR. September, 1967. A view of the Luna-2 robotic spacecraft at the Pavilion No. 32 Kosmos at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy. The exact date of the photograph is unknown. Valentin Cheredintsev TASS 16998152
  • Luna-21 8381035 28.01.1973 The landing site of the Luna-21 unmanned interplanetary station, which delivered the Lunokhod-2 self-propelled vehicle to the surface of the Moon on January 15, 1973. RIA Novosti Russia Copyright: xRIAxNovostix
  • Moscow, USSR. October 28, 1970. President of the USSR Academy of Sciences Mstislav Keldysh (L) speaks at press conference dedicated to the successful flight and delivery of lunar soil to Earth by the Luna-16 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station in the Central House of Scientists. Valentin Sobolev TASS 18069682
  • Moscow, USSR. November 17, 1970. Model of the Luna-16 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station, launched on September 12, 1970, is located in the Space Pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy of the USSR. Vasily Yegorov TASS 17404960
  • Moscow, USSR. April 16, 1966. President of the USSR Academy of Sciences Mstislav Keldysh (C) gives a speech at a press conference dedicated to successful launch of the Luna-10 interplanetary space station at the House of Scientists. Viktor Budan, Oleg Kuzmin TASS 1445465
  • Moscow, USSR. October 28, 1970. President of the USSR Academy of Sciences Mstislav Keldysh (L) speaks at press conference dedicated to the successful flight and delivery of lunar soil to Earth by the Luna-16 Soviet Automatic Interplanetary Station in the Central House of Scientists. Valentin Sobolev TASS 1400641
  • MщысщÑÜ, USSR. April 4, 1966. Hero of the Soviet Union, Soviet cosmonaut Pavel Belyaev (C) and delegates of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses read a special edition of the Pravda newspaper about the launch of the Luna-10 automatic station. Viktor Budan TASS 17762031
  • Launch of Luna-10 space probe 6056929 26.09.1966 News conference for Soviet and foreign journalists on the launch of the Luna-10 automatic space probe. Vladimir Akimov Moscow Russia Copyright: xVladimirxAkimovx
  • RUSSIA - CIRCA 1966: stamp printed by Russia, shows Luna 10, earth and moon, circa 1966 , 2353663.jpg, 1966, Earth, Luna, Russia, Seal, Soviet, aged, ancient, antique, apparatus, circle, curve, device, envelope, fly, globe, high-tech, historic, letter, mail, message, moon, old, orbit, path, philately, planet, postage, postcard, postmark, research, retro, russian, satellite, science, space, spaceship, stamp, trajectory, ussr, vintage,
  • Luna 16 was the first robotic mission to land on the Moon on basaltic plains of Mare Fecunditatis and return a sample to the Earth. It was launched by the Soviet Union on 12 September 1970. This image was taken by NASA s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-78849 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • This image taken by NASA s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Soviet robotic lander Luna 17 still sitting on Mare Imbrium where it delivered the Lunokhod 1 Rover in November 1970. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-78551 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RUSSIA - CIRCA 1984: stamp printed by Russia, shows Television from Space, 25th Anniv., Luna 3, circa 1984 , 2353711.jpg, 1984, Earth, Luna, Russia, Seal, Soviet, aged, ancient, antenna, antique, communication, continent, crater, device, envelope, high-tech, historic, letter, mail, message, moon, old, philately, planet, postage, postcard, postmark, ray, retro, russian, satellite, space, stamp, star, surface, television, transfer, transmission, ussr, vintage,
  • Alexandre Vinogradov and Narendra Bkhandari 469216 26.12.1972 Vice president of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Alexandre Vinogradov, right, presenting representative of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Narendra Bkhandari, with samples of moon soil delivered by the Luna-16 and Luna-20 Soviet automatic stations. Alexander Sputnik Moscow Russia Copyright: xAlexanderx
  • LUNAR ROCK CONTAINER 66241 05.02.1972 Assistants of the special laboratory of the USSR Academy of Sciences handling the moon rock container brought by the Soviet unmanned station Luna-20. RIA Novosti Sputnik Russia Copyright: xRIAxNovostix
  • AEROSPATIALE Timbre de Mongolie de 1959 commemorant le premier vol autour de la lune avec la sonde sovietique Luna III qui peut transmettre des photos de sa face cachee, le 04 10 1959. Credit: Coll. Jonas Kharbine-Tapabor. *** AEROSPATIAL Mongolian stamp of 1959 commemorating the first flight around the moon with the Soviet probe Luna III which can transmit photos of its hidden side, on 04 10 1959 Credit Coll Jonas Kharbine Tapabor KH62968
  • KHIMKI, MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA – MARCH 21, 2019: Soviet Luna-13 and Luna-10 unmanned interplanetary spacecraft on display at the Lavochkin Association, a Russian aerospace company manufacturing spacecraft and rocket upper stages. Gavriil Grigorov TASS TS0A560D
  • The new stage in the conquest of space began on 2 January 1959, with the launching of the Soviet union of the world s first space rockets. Photo shows, visitors to the USSR Economic Achievements Exhibition inspect a model of the Luna 1 upper stage. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies, Russia Federation Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchivesScrss002047
  • Crimea. Ukrainian SSR. USSR. The USSR Academy of Sciences space communication center. Lunokhod-1 undergoing testing on The soil, imitation of The lunar surface. . TASS_1409869