Flown to both Salyut 7 and Mir

Gennady Padalka — Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 20 commander

this piece preserves a direct private exchange between an active cosmonaut aboard the ISS and a leading specialist collector on Earth

international cooperation

The cover is hand-signed by the complete six-person crew aboard the International Space Station following the Soyuz MS-09 arrival:

Soyuz TM-21 – crewsigned launch cover - first Shuttle/MIR docking Ken Mattingly Flown to both Salyut 7Historic Soyuz TM 21 crew hand signed launch cover Baikonur by Vladimir Dezhurov, Gennadi Strekalov and Norman Thagard from the US. First American onboard a Russian spacecraft ! Excellent condition.