Preparation of a joint space flight under the Soyuz-Apollo program

USSR. June 1973. Heroes of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonauts Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov (foreground) and Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov before boarding the descent module of the Soyuz spacecraft during water landing training in preparation for the joint Soviet-American experimental space flight Soyuz-Apollo. The exact date and location of the photo are unknown. Albert Pushkarev/TASS