# h060 Soyuz TM-9/MIR flown antipressure Karkas-2 desc

179 days flown on space station MIR and used during descent august 9, 1990 by board engineer of flight cosmonaut Alexander Balandin.On front side signed by Balandin twice and hand notared by him `9.08.90 Soyuz TM-9 Landing from MIR. Flown/From the board`. On back side of pants on the right side located orange colour tag also signed by Balandin.On the tag indicated: `Karkas-2 anti congestion pressure pants, inventory number, size and initials of Balandin BAN-2`. Notice that initials of Balandin (Balandin Alexander Nikolayevich) has-2. The reason is because same initials BAN were belong cosmonaut Berezovoy Anatoliy Nikolayevich.In this case Balandin indicated as BAN-2. Pictures taken in Alexander Balandin house in august 2001.