ISS Expedition 1 letter from the ISS - delivered by the Space Shuttle Jim Irwin Soyuz MS-26 backup crew hand

Soyuz MS-26 backup crew hand signed launch cover by the crew Jonny Kim

Scott Kelly — NASA

at the height of the Cold War

The iconic image shows Aldrin floating in orbit

Washington

ISS Expedition 1 letter from the ISS - delivered by the Space Shuttle Jim Irwin Soyuz MS-26 backup crew handExpedition 1 First Space Mail Historic Letter Written Aboard the ISS and Returned by STS 98 Atlantis One of only 19 reported examples From the renowned Jacques Bracke astrophilatelic collection 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.