This Resurs-500 capsule was launched on November 16th, 1992 from the former Soviet Plesetsk Cosmodrome as the heart of the Europe America Space Flight 500. Loaded with gifts, souvenirs, art, and business goods, it landed off the coast of Seattle on…
A Soyuz booster rocket launches from a Soviet Cosmodrome in 1975. Based off the late 1950's R7 series of intercontinental ballistic missile, the Soyuz booster rocket was used to launch Soviet and Russian spacecraft into orbit.
A side view of the Russian missile tracking vessel Marshal Krylov in 1990. This ship would later recover the Resurs capsule launched for Europe America Space Flight 500 off the coast of Seattle in 1992.