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Zelenschikov, Vice-President of RKK Energia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the organization responsible for much of the Soviet and Russian crewed-spaceflight program. Comparable presentation covers were prepared for Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President Bill Clinton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cover was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eflown aboard the Mir space station\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and cancelled with the official \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMir onboard postmarker on June 29, 1995\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the exact date on which Space Shuttle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAtlantis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e completed the first docking between an American Space Shuttle and the Russian orbital station.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSTS-71 was a landmark mission in the history of human spaceflight. It marked the first Space Shuttle–Mir docking, the first exchange of a Mir resident crew by a Shuttle, the 100th U.S. human space launch, and an important early milestone in post-Cold War cooperation that helped prepare the way for the International Space Station. 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Baker — Mission Specialist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGregory J. Harbaugh — Mission Specialist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBonnie J. Dunbar — Mission Specialist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMir-19 relief crew delivered by Atlantis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-spread=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnatoly Y. Solovyev — Mir-19 Commander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNikolai M. Budarin — Mir-19 Flight Engineer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoyuz TM-21 \/ Mir-18 crew returned to Earth aboard Atlantis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-spread=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVladimir N. Dezhurov — Mir-18 Commander\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGennady M. Strekalov — Flight Engineer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorman E. Thagard — Research Cosmonaut and the first American to launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft and live aboard Mir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the docking, Solovyev and Budarin remained aboard Mir as the new Mir-19 resident crew, while Dezhurov, Strekalov and Thagard returned to Earth aboard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAtlantis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, completing the first Shuttle-based exchange of a space-station crew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe cover was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginally part of the personal collection of cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and later entered the collection of renowned astrophilatelist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacques Bracke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, giving it an outstanding chain of provenance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA museum-quality artifact combining:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-spread=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDocumented Mir-flight history\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA date-of-docking onboard cancellation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSignatures of all ten mission participants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVIP presentation-edition status\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance from the Jacques Bracke astrophilatelic collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn extraordinary opportunity to acquire a unique witness to one of the defining moments of international space cooperation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Been in Space","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58254452621576,"sku":"11315","price":1495.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1490\/3832\/files\/11315.jpg?v=1784305628","url":"https:\/\/www.beeninspace.com\/products\/sts-71-tm-21-flown-mir-cover-11315","provider":"BEEN IN SPACE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}