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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.

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

An image of Ground Zero protesters gathered outside the gates of Bangor during their 1999 August Action.

More Ground Zero protesters gathered outside the gates of Bangor during their 1999 August Action.

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 KA-27 "Helix" helicopter, similar to ones which assisted the Marshal Krylov in recovering Space Flight 500's capsule in 1992. Designed as a military transport and antisubmarine helicopter, KA-27 variants became available for a variety of civilian…

Seattle's skyline from Elliott Bay in the mid-1990s.

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 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.