The Space Race was a technological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union in demonstrating superiority in aerospace capabilities, including artificial satellites launches, robotic space probes to the Moon, Venus, and Mars, and human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and ultimately landing on the Moon. This blog features my collection of US and Soviet Union space events on covers and press photos.
1974-08-26 USSR Soyuz 15
A cover featuring a Soyuz 15 stamp, produced by KNIGA, and postmarked on October 18, 1974. It is signed by Gennady Sarafanov and Lev Dyomin.
This cover depicts the return of Soyuz 15 to Earth and is postmarked on August 28, 1974.