ISS Expedition 1 letter sent to ISS - first manned crew - AIEP COA Moonwalker and the resident crew Viktorenko

and the resident crew Viktorenko + Kaleri

The program included unmanned test flights prior to the Mercury 7 astronauts

These dates give the material particular historical significance

His certification provides valuable direct testimony from the station commander that the cover was genuinely carried aboard Soyuz TM-32 and flown to the ISS

The two cosmonauts crossed between the docked spacecraft in Yastreb spacesuits because the docking system lacked an internal tunnel

ISS Expedition 1 letter sent to ISS - first manned crew - AIEP COA Moonwalker and the resident crew ViktorenkoExpedition 1 One of the First Letters Delivered from Earth to the International Space Station Handwritten by veteran cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev and addressed to Yuri Gidzenko From the renowned astrophilatelic collection of Jacques Bracke A true museum calibre artifact from the beginning of permanent human life aboard the International Space Station: an original handwritten letter from veteran Russian cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev to Expedition 1