Soyuz TM-13/14 MIR FLOWN Aerogramme - German flight

SOYUZ TM-14 / MIR FLOWN AEROGRAMME

Crew-Signed • Four MIR Onboard Postmarks • Approximately 8 × 10 Inches

An exceptional flown postal artifact from Soyuz TM-14 and the Mir space station, measuring approximately 8 × 10 inches. The aerogramme remains partially prefolded and is hand-signed by members of the mission crew. It bears four postal cancellations applied aboard Mir, documenting its presence on the legendary Russian orbital station.

Soyuz TM-14 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 17 March 1992 and docked with Mir two days later, on 19 March. The mission was historically significant as the first crewed spaceflight launched by the newly established Russian Federation following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It also carried the first German astronaut to visit Mir under the German–Russian Mir ’92 research program.

Soyuz TM-14 Launch Crew

Aleksandr Viktorenko — Commander
Aleksandr Kaleri — Flight Engineer
Klaus-Dietrich Flade — German Research Cosmonaut

Flade conducted an intensive program of 14 biomedical and materials-science experiments during his stay aboard Mir. After completing the approximately one-week Mir ’92 program, he returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-13 with the outgoing resident crew.

Mir Crew at the Time of Arrival

When Soyuz TM-14 docked, the new arrivals joined the existing Mir resident crew:

Aleksandr Volkov — Mir EO-10 Commander
Sergei Krikalev — Mir EO-10 Flight Engineer

Aerogramme is hand signed by all 5 astronauts and cosmonauts.

Volkov and Krikalev had launched while the Soviet Union still existed but returned after its dissolution, making their expedition one of the most symbolically important transitional missions in spaceflight history.

On 25 March 1992, Volkov, Krikalev and Flade returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TM-13. Viktorenko and Kaleri then remained aboard Mir as the station’s 11th principal expedition, continuing scientific research and station operations for almost five months.

This aerogramme is an evocative artifact from a pivotal period in space history: the transition from the Soviet to the Russian space program, the beginning of closer German–Russian scientific cooperation and the increasingly international use of the Mir orbital complex.

Its documented orbital carriage, four onboard Mir postal cancellations and crew signatures make it a highly desirable piece of flown space memorabilia with direct connections to one of the most historically important transitional missions of the Mir era.

Condition: Approximately 8 × 10 inches and partially prefolded, consistent with its aerogramme format and orbital handling. Please examine the accompanying photographs carefully to confirm the precise signatures, postmarks, inscriptions and overall condition.