Valery Nikolaevich Kubasov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19, and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. On 21 July 1975, the Soyuz 7K-TM module used for ASTP landed in Kazakhstan at 5:51 p.m. and Kubasov was the first to exit the craft. Kubasov performed the first welding experiments in space, along with Georgy Shonin.
Photograph of President Gerald Ford, Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, and the Apollo-Soyuz Crews Looking at a Model of the Apollo-Soyuz Spacecrafts in the Cabinet Room - NARA - 7347187
Photograph of President Gerald Ford, Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, and the Apollo-Soyuz Crews Looking at a Model of the Apollo-Soyuz Spacecrafts in the Cabinet Room - NARA - 7347187
RIAN archive 612433 Soviet Cosmonauts in Moscow's Kremlin
RIAN archive 612433 Soviet Cosmonauts in Moscow's Kremlin