Andrei Sokolov
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Orbital Ferry by Andrei Sakalov
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Soyuz Sections Separate by Andrei Sokolov
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Andrey Sokolov, Captured Asteroid
Andrey Sokolov, Space Settlement
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Painting by Andrei Sokolov ‘Mir in Orbit 1992’ from the book In The Steam of the Stars- The Soviet-American Space Art Book (1990)
Probes land on Venus in a 1976 postcard featuring Soviet space art by Andrei Sokolov.
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Человек и Вселенная (Man and the Universe) by Alexei Leonov and Andrei Sokolov, 1976. Artwork by Andrei Sokolov, whose paintings was carried into space in 1971 on Soyuz 11 and transferred to the space station Salyut I for the first orbiting art exhibition. (Sadly, the Soyuz 11 crew died on re-entry when their capsule depressurized and the Salyut I station was allowed to deorbit and crash into the Pacific while the capsules were being redesigned)
Author Alexei Leonov was the first person to “walk” in space in 1965 and led the Soviet crew on the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975. He is also an accomplished artist.