Soyuz TMA-8 - Svarowsky crystals stamp FLOWN ISS cover + letter Discovery The spacecraft docked with the

The spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on April 27

A museum-calibre artifact from the birth of permanent human habitation in space: an original handwritten letter composed aboard the International Space Station by Expedition 1 cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko and addressed to fellow Russian cosmonaut Sergei Zalyotin

NASA had acquired the essential experience required for Apollo: long-duration spaceflight

While it is impossible to assign Armstrong’s later career to any single influence

astronauts relied on compact LM Data checklist books to guide them through complex spacecraft procedures

Soyuz TMA-8 - Svarowsky crystals stamp FLOWN ISS cover + letter Discovery The spacecraft docked with theUNIQUE ISS FLOWN SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL STAMP COVER AND HANDWRITTEN LETTER Delivered by Soyuz TMA 8 to Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev Certified by Tokarev AIEP Certificate Published in Space & Philately From the Personal Collection of Renowned Astrophilatelist Jacques Bracke An extraordinary and potentially unique piece of International Space Station astrophilately, consisting of an envelope addressed and sent to Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev aboard the ISS,