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Missile Range Instrumentation Ship Marshal Krylov
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.
Soyuz Booster Launch
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.
Europe America Space Flight 500 Capsule, circa 2009
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…
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, circa 1967
This image shows the launch site of Europe America Space Flight 500, the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, during the Cold War. Originally a top-secret ICBM site, Plesetsk was converted shortly after the Soviet Union's fall in 1991 into a commercial launch…
Bob Walsh at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Pictured is the American organizer for Europe America Space Flight 500, Bob Walsh, at the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games. Walsh was influential in bringing the Games to Seattle as a sign of improving US-Soviet relations during the Cold War, and later…
R-7 Semyorka ICBM
This image is of a Soviet R-7 Semyorka Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Developed in the late 1950s, the R-7 would become the base platform for the later Soyuz rocket booster in the 1960s. This system would go on to become one of the most…
Seattle Mayor Norm Rice
Norm Rice was the mayor of Seattle at the time of Space Flight 500's launch. In a letter to Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Rice mentioned the historical ties between Seattle and the people of Russia, such as actions of citizen diplomacy and the…
Seattle skyline, mid-1990s
Seattle's skyline from Elliott Bay in the mid-1990s.
Europe America Space Flight 500 aboard the Marshal Krylov
A photograph of Europe America Space Flight 500's capsule aboard the Marshal Krylov, shortly after touchdown on November 22nd, 1992.
Europe America Space Flight 500 Schedule of Events
The schedule of events put out by organizers Bob Walsh & Associates, detailing the list of events which occurred during the course of Space Flight 500's landing and celebrations in Seattle.