STS-71 - Soyuz TM-21 first docking - Space Shuttle FLOWN cover plastic wrapping Exceptional rarity and documentation

Exceptional rarity and documentation

individual particles were occasionally trapped in the glue around Velcro strips and other fittings

The cover was flown from Earth aboard Atlantis and postmarked aboard Mir on June 29

During preparations for a Russian spacewalk on 14 December

Mercury MR-3 thru MA-9 flown artifact 8x10'' presentation containing flown artifacts from all manned Mercury flights

STS-71 - Soyuz TM-21 first docking - Space Shuttle FLOWN cover plastic wrapping Exceptional rarity and documentationSTS 71 First ShuttleMir Docking Flown Cover, Signed by Solovyev and Budarin A very rare official cover carried aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis to the Mir space station during STS 71, one of the defining missions of post Cold War space exploration. The cover was flown from Earth aboard Atlantis and postmarked aboard Mir on June 29, 1995the exact date of the first docking between an American Space Shuttle and the Russian orbital station. It is hand signed