Soyuz MS-07 backup crew - signed photo Gerst + Epps first US astronauts An exceptionally rare official NASA

An exceptionally rare official NASA Expedition 40 crew portrait

Strekalov launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 March 1995 aboard Soyuz TM-21 with Mir-18 commander Vladimir Dezhurov and NASA astronaut Norman Thagard

in white spacesuit with numerous accessories included

and the first South African to travel into space

From orbit through Houston to Switzerland

Soyuz MS-07 backup crew - signed photo Gerst + Epps first US astronauts An exceptionally rare official NASAExtremely rare Soyuz MS 07 backup crew hand signed 6x4'' glossy photo by Jeanette Epps, Alexander Gerst and Sergey Prokopjev. This crew then never flew together in that combination !