STS-71 - first docking MIR-Shuttle - flown cover + letter Poleshuk record cataclastic anorthitic plagioclase host making

cataclastic anorthitic plagioclase host making up 98-99% of this meteorite

These were not simply experimental accomplishments—they were the fundamental capabilities upon which the Apollo lunar missions depended

These traces are visible to the naked eye and become especially striking under magnification

only four examples of this special cover were produced

The arrival of Kononenko

STS-71 - first docking MIR-Shuttle - flown cover + letter Poleshuk record cataclastic anorthitic plagioclase host makingMirSTS 71 Flown Space Mail with Two Page Cosmonaut Letter An exceptional and highly personal example of genuine Mir era space mail, comprising an addressed cover and its complete original two page handwritten letter. The correspondence was written by veteran Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Poleshchuk to fellow cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov while Strekalov was serving aboard the Mir space station. The cover was officially postmarked aboard Mir, creating a