5 1/4` diameter hand made by cosmonaut`s children of Star City public school patch to be presented to cosmonaut Gennadiy Manakov during his preparation to Soyuz TM-24 flight as back up cosmonaut.Manakov flown as commander in two MIR flights Soyuz TM-10 and TM-16 and spent 309 days on orbit.On reverse side of patch he hand notared `Commander Soyuz TM-10, TM-16, MIR G.Manakov` and signed this patch.
Front side is a result of children hand embroidery.It shows emblem of Cosmonaut Training center, Tulip flower as emblem of Cosmodrome Baikonur,flying to orbite Soyuz rocket.Around reads:14.08.96 Baikonur Soyuz TM-24 G.Manakov Vulkan-1 (Vulcano-1 was nick name of commander for communications with Earth).
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This product was added to our catalog on Friday 13 December, 2002.