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An image of Boris Yeltsin, the first President of Russia, in 1993. Yeltsin was president during the planning and launch of Europe America Space Flight 500, as well as during the periods of Russian economic instability post-1991.

A Soyuz rocket is erected on its launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2012. The Central Specialized Design Bureau and the TsSKB-Progress company were both responsible for the development and production of the Soyuz system.

A modern-day image of the St. Petersburg Bank in Russia, a significant backer/partner in Europe America Space Flight 500.

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.

A photograph of Europe America Space Flight 500's capsule aboard the Marshal Krylov, shortly after touchdown on November 22nd, 1992.

A map of the different Soviet administrative divisions as they existed in 1989, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall and two years prior to the Soviet Union's dissolution in December of 1991.

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…