Commander Viktor Afanasyev was the only Russian cosmonaut aboard

had previously served aboard Mir before being selected as Soyuz commander for Expedition 1

Tim Kopra and Tim Peake

the crew of Endeavour repaired and released a communications satellite back into orbit

Apollo 8 Trading Card with Flown Metal Medallion

Boing Starliner 2019 FLOWN ISS cover + letter Ovchinin Vostok Commander Viktor Afanasyev was the2019 ISS Flown Cover and Two Page Handwritten Letter by Commander Alexey Ovchinin Boeing CST 100 Starliner Cachet An exceptional combination of space flown postal history, handwritten cosmonaut correspondence and Boeing Commercial Crew memorabilia. The lot comprises an ISS flown commemorative cover, postmarked aboard the International Space Station on 26 June 2019, together with a remarkable two page handwritten letter by Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey