gravity of two worlds

USSR. Ukrainian SSR. Kyiv. September 26, 1975. American astronaut Thomas Stafford during a visit to the Palace of Pioneers. T. Stafford was a participant in the joint experimental manned flight of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz-19 and the American spacecraft Apollo in July 1975.

May 24-25, 1970. USSR. Leningrad. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Major General of Aviation Georgy Timofeevich Beregovoy (left) and the first man to set foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969 during the lunar expedition of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, American astronaut Neil Armstrong (center) during a visit to the Yubileiny Sports Palace. The exact date of the photo is unknown. (probably 1970)

May 24-25, 1970. USSR. Leningrad. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Major General of Aviation Georgy Timofeevich Beregovoy (left) and the first man to set foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969 during the lunar expedition of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, American astronaut Neil Armstrong (center) during a visit to the Yubileiny Sports Palace. The exact date of the photo is unknown.

USSR. Moscow Region. The world's first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolaeva-Tereshkova and the first man to set foot on the Moon on July 20, 1969 during the lunar expedition of the Apollo 11 spacecraft, American astronaut Neil Armstrong (right) during a souvenir presentation ceremony at the Palace of Culture of Star City.

USSR. December 1966. New Year's greetings from Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov for the Yugoslav weekly "Front".

Vladimir Komarov and his daugther Irina Komarova doing morning exercises. 1964, exact date unknown

Vladimir Komarov with his daugther, Irina Komarova and some man (I don't know if it's his dad or dad in law) at home. 1964?

Yuri Gagarin at France

Judith Resnik posing for a photo, 1978 (im not sure if this is from 1978) but it is before her spaceflight

Challenger explosion.

Challenger explosion.

American astronauts pass by: the apollo 8 crew