Unlike insurance covers from several earlier missions

The reverse bears a handwritten certification by Yuri Usachev

A unique combination of artifacts

Used during three Apollo 15 lunar EVAs and a deep-space EVA

Certified by Tokarev • AIEP Certificate • Published in Space & Philately

STS-101 FLOWN early ISS cover + letter Yuri Usachev jump Unlike insurance covers from severalSTS 101 One of the Earliest Letters Written Aboard the International Space Station Flown aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis and preserved in the Jacques Bracke collection An extraordinary piece of early International Space Station postal history: an original handwritten letter composed aboard the ISS by Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev during STS 101, enclosed in its matching flown cover and carried back to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. Addressed to