This painting by Sokolov showing the Soviet Salyut 6 space station in orbit has the distinction of being one of the first artworks flown in space. It arrived at the Salyut 6 space station on March 3, 1978 aboard Soyuz 28 flown by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksey Gubarev and Vladimir Remek of Czechoslovakia as part of the first Interkosmos mission. The painting was returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 30 on July 5, 1978 by the crew of Pyotr Klimuk and Miroslaw Giermaszewski of Poland after spending 124 days in orbit spanning two long-duration Salyut missions.
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Title
Date
Medium
Dimensions
Genre
Style
Artist
Collection
The Morning of the Take-Off
1978
Acrylic on paper
Painting
cosmic expressionism
Andrei Sokolov
none
Launch
Date
Mission
Operator
Location
State
COSPAR id
2 Mar 1978
Soyuz 28
Roskosmos
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Russian Federation
1978-023A
Space
Location
Platform
Operator
COSPAR id
LEO
Salyut 6 Space Station
RKA
1978-023A
Return
Date
Vehicle
Operator
Landing
COSPAR id
Status
Location
10 March 1978
Soyuz 28
RKA
Kazakhstan
1978-023A
Returned
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