XXV Congress of Communist Party of Soviet Union cover was taken on board Soyuz-24/Salyut-5 by commander of flight Viktor Gorbatko.Both Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov signed cover on board station and cancelled with round handstamp `Space Mail/Board Salyut-5 february 1977`.
Cosmonauts were back ups for Soyuz-23.Docked with Salyut-5 on february 8, 1977 for a relatively short mission to complete experiments begun by Soyuz-21 team and to transfer military photographs to the Salyut-Almaz re-entry module.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 13 December, 2002.