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Apollo-Soyuz Cover - 13 Crew Member Signatures

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Apollo-Soyuz Cover - 13 Crew Member Signatures
<B>Apollo-Soyuz Postal Cover with 13 Crew Member Signatures</B></I> including:Vance Brand, Deke Slayton, Alan Bean, Jack Lousma, Aleksei Leonov, Valeri Kubasov, Anatoli Filipchenko, Nikolai Rukavishnikov, Yuri Romanenko, Karol "Bo" Bobko, and others. The cover has a Soviet postmark for July 15, 1975, the day of the launch. <BR><BR>The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (or ASTP) was the first joint flight of the U.S. and Soviet space programs. For the United States, it was the last Apollo flight, as well as the last manned space launch until the flight of the first Space Shuttle in April 1981. The mission was a great success, both technically and as a public-relations exercise for both sides.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)