Original cover from archives of doctor-physician Valeriy Polyakov spent with him on board MIR station 240 days in 1988-1989.Flown to station with USSR-Afghanistan Intercosmos team.Cancelled on board with MIR stamp( 31 August, 1988 SPACE MAIL, ORBITAL COMPLEX MIR, JOINT SOVIET-AFGHAN SPACE FLIGHT).Signed by Valeriy Polyakov and hand notared by him BOARD OF STATION MIR, DAY OF DOCKING WITH SOYUZ TM-6.Polyakov remained aboard station to monitor health of resident crew and returned on Soyuz TM-7 ship with Volkov and Krikalev 26 April, 1989.
In 2003 this cover flown second time in space.
Taken on board of Soyuz TMA-2 by ISS-7 Russia-USA expedition commander cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and flown 184 days on station.Cover signed also by Malenchenko and cancelled on orbit with 3 onboard handstamps:small round stamp of ISS-7 expedition), main stamp of Russian section of the ISS and large round ISS stamp dated 28 April, 2003 (first day aboard station after docking Soyuz TMA-2-ISS)
To and from station cover flown with crew aboard Russian Soyuz TMA-2 ship.Questions are welcome.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 30 January, 2004.
