{"product_id":"soyuz-t-15-salyut-mir-historic-flight","title":"Soyuz T-15 – Salyut + MIR historic transfer mission - crewsigned cover","description":"\u003ch3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoyuz T-15 Crew-Signed Baikonur Cover – The Only Mission to Travel Between Two Space Stations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA very rare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaikonur postal cover dated July 16, 1986\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the day of the successful return of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoyuz T-15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, hand-signed by the complete two-man crew: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommander Leonid Kizim and Flight Engineer Vladimir Solovyov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoyuz T-15 occupies a unique place in the history of human spaceflight. Launched on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch 13, 1986\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Kizim and Solovyov became the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst resident crew of the newly launched Mir space station\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. After 51 days aboard Mir, they undocked on May 5 and flew approximately 6,000 kilometers across orbit to the older \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalyut 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e station, arriving the following day. There they conducted experiments, performed two spacewalks, and recovered valuable equipment before returning to Mir in late June. NASA records this as the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003efirst and, to date, only crewed station-to-station transfer in spaceflight history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe mission was historically significant as the symbolic and operational bridge between two generations of Soviet orbital stations: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalyut 7, the culmination of the Salyut program, and Mir, the modular station that would define long-duration spaceflight for the following fifteen years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Soyuz T-15 was also the final mission of the Soyuz-T series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe present cover, bearing the date **July 16, 1986—the day Kizim and Solovyov returned to Earth after 125 days in space—**provides a particularly fitting philatelic record of this extraordinary mission.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMission:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Soyuz T-15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrew:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStations visited:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mir and Salyut 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e July 16, 1986\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Complete two-man crew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistorical distinction:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The only crew in history to travel between two separate space stations during the same mission\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exceptionally scarce and historically important signed artifact documenting one of the most remarkable feats of orbital navigation and the transition from the Salyut era to the age of Mir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Been in Space","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59048937750792,"sku":"16695","price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1490\/3832\/files\/16695.jpg?v=1791544541","url":"https:\/\/www.beeninspace.com\/products\/soyuz-t-15-salyut-mir-historic-flight","provider":"BEEN IN SPACE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}