Salyut 6 was launched unmanned, and the first manned attempt to dock with it was Soyuz 25, with two cosmonauts named Vladimir Kovalyonok and Valery Ryumin as crew. Unfortunately they failed to dock with Salyut 6 despite 5 attempts and had to return to Earth after two days – neither had any prior piloting experience and this led to a new regulation in the Soviet space program, that any manned mission must have at least one crew member who had been in space at least once before. For our purposes, however, the major point of interest is a picture posted on Moonwatchuniverse, which shows Kovalyonok and Ryumin wearing what appear to be Alaska Project Speedmasters on their flight suits, as they walked to their launch vehicle. Check out this fascinating addition to Alaska Project scholarship on Moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com, and a big thank you to the alert reader who brought this to our attention!