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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.

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…

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

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…

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 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…

A list of antennas and shipboard systems on the Marshal Krylov, the reconverted missile-tracking ship that was used as Space Flight 500's recovery vessel.

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.

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.