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Soyuz TM and Mir
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Baikonur Cosmodrome; Soyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz 4; Shatalov, Vladimir
Soyuz 6, 7, and 8
Andriyan Nikolayev in the Soyuz 9
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Peake, Tim
Tim Peake
British astronaut and military officer
Pedro Duque
Spanish aeronautical engineer and astronaut
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Yi So-Yeon; Volkov, Sergey; and Kononenko, Oleg
Sergey Volkov
Russian pilot and cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
Soviet scientist
Akiyama Toyohiro.
Akiyama Toyohiro
Japanese journalist and television reporter
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov.
Sergey Konstantinovich Krikalyov
Russian cosmonaut
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
Russian cosmonaut
Bella, Ivan
Ivan Bella
Slovak pilot and air force officer
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Georgi Ivanov
Bulgarian cosmonaut
Helen Sharman
Helen Sharman
British chemist and astronaut
Mark Shuttleworth
Mark Shuttleworth
South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Malaysian orthopedic surgeon

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