Japanese cosmonaut Akiyama Toehiro (1990)

The Japanese cosmonaut Toehiro A. his commander Afanasyev VM. and flight engineer M.Kh. during the pre-flight press conference.

Faces of journalists.

The Japanese flag on the wall.

Emblem of the Soviet-Japanese space flight on Toehiro's jacket, Tohehiro's face.

The face of an interpreter from Japanese and Afanasyev.

A Japanese journalist is videotaping.

The faces of Toyohiro's relatives.

View of the hall of the press conference.

Toyohiro and Afanasyev in the spacesuits undergo preflight physical examination.

Space ship "Soyuz-TM11" at the launch.

Journalists on the launch pad.

Astronauts during a press conference.

The view of the spacecraft on the launch pad, the inscription on the asphalt in Japanese in Latin letters.

A paper with porcelain, attached to the asphalt before the launch pad.

Installation of the spacecraft on the launch pad.

Types of the ship at the start.

Cosmonauts and journalists during a press conference.