From the personal collection of Gene Cernan

An extraordinary artifact of modern space exploration: an original philatelic cover flown aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 65

The resident crew added further historical importance

Republique de Guinee stampblock MNH hand signed by German astronaut Hans Schlegel

Soyuz TM-29 lifted off from Baikonur’s historic Site 1 on 20 February 1999 and docked with the Mir space station two days later

STS-71 - Soyuz TM-21 first docking - Space Shuttle FLOWN cover Challenger From the personal collection ofSTS 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