Preparation for the flight of the Soyuz-9 spacecraft crew

May 1-15, 1970. USSR. Moscow Region. USSR pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Aleksei Stanislavovich Eliseev, USSR pilot-cosmonauts, Heroes of the Soviet Union Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov and Valery Fedorovich Bykovsky (from left to right in the background), USSR pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolaeva-Tereshkova (from left in the foreground), her daughter Elena and the wife of USSR pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov Muza Andreyevna (on the right) during the farewell ceremony for the Soyuz-9 spacecraft crew members heading to the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The exact date and location of the photo have not been established. Vladimir Musaelyan/TASS