Cosmonaut Polyakov Watches Discovery's Rendezvous With Mir
Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir space station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 — 437 days later — setting the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an individual.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS063-711-080
Date: February 6, 1995
Cosmonaut Polyakov Watches Discovery's Rendezvous With Mir
Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir space station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. He returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 — 437 days later — setting the record for the longest continuous spaceflight by an individual.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS063-711-080
Date: February 6, 1995