STS-71 - first docking MIR-Shuttle - flown cover + letter Poleshuk record The arrival of Kononenko

The arrival of Kononenko

These were not simply experimental accomplishments—they were the fundamental capabilities upon which the Apollo lunar missions depended

and Jonny Kim—the latter of whom is a rising star in the space community and a future Artemis astronaut candidate with the exciting prospect of flying to the Moon

Flown to the ISS aboard Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle

cataclastic anorthitic plagioclase host making up 98-99% of this meteorite

STS-71 - first docking MIR-Shuttle - flown cover + letter Poleshuk record The arrival of KononenkoMirSTS 71 Flown Space Mail with Two Page Cosmonaut Letter An exceptional and highly personal example of genuine Mir era space mail, comprising an addressed cover and its complete original two page handwritten letter. The correspondence was written by veteran Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Poleshchuk to fellow cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov while Strekalov was serving aboard the Mir space station. The cover was officially postmarked aboard Mir, creating a