cosmic dancer images

 

  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov unpacking the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov releasing the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov dancing with the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov dancing with the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov and the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • The Cosmic Dancer stowed on the Mir
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov and the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • The Cosmic Dancer in the spacesuit compartment
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • The Cosmic Dancer in the spacesuit compartment
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Gennadi Manakov with the Cosmic Dancer in the Progress Capsule
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Alexander Polischuk and the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Alexander Polischuk dancing with the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonaut Alexander Polischuk dancing with the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Mir space station
  • Cosmonauts Gennadi Manakov and Alexander Polischuk training with the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Star City, Russia
  • Cosmonaut Alexander Polischuk training with the Cosmic Dancer
    Photograph, Star City, Russia
 

 

These photos of the Cosmic Dancer sculpture were taken on the Mir space station by the Russian cosmonauts Gennadi Manakov and Alexander Polischuk as part of their documentation activities. The last two photos were taken at Star City prior to the mission during a training session with a wooden model of the Cosmic Dancer.

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