STS-71 - first docking MIR-Shuttle - flown cover + letter Poleshuk record These were not simply experimental

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

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

This piece is not only a remarkable piece of Apollo flight heritage

Wiseman launched aboard Soyuz TMA-13M with cosmonaut Maxim Suraev and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst

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

STS-71 - first docking MIR-Shuttle - flown cover + letter Poleshuk record These were not simply experimentalMirSTS 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