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Flown colorfully printed 6 x 8.75 thank-you letter carried on the International Space Station during ISS Expeditions 6 and 7, signed in black felt tip by the five crewmen: Kenneth Bowersox, Nikolai Budarin, Donald Pettit, Yuri Malenchenko, and Ed Lu. Below is a handwritten note signed by Budarin, in part: "Thank you for your support of our mission. It was a hard landing, but we made it." Also includes the flown mailing envelope, carrying the on-board handstamps and postal cancelations of the ISS, Expedition 6, and Expedition 7, also signed in black felt tip by Budarin: "This cover was brought to the ISS by TMA-2 and I returned it to earth on TMA-1. Nikolai Budarin." In very fine condition.
The Richard Jurek Collection.
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