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Apollo-Soyuz Flown Mission Patch

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,950.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD
Apollo-Soyuz Flown Mission Patch
<B>Apollo-Soyuz Flown Mission Patch</B></I>, carried By Commander Thomas B. Stafford during the first international manned space effort. On July 17-19, 1975, following three years of preparations, three U.S. astronauts (Thomas Stafford, Vance Brand, and Deke Slayton) and two Soviet cosmonauts (Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov) linked an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz capsule in Earth orbit. While docked for 44 hours, the two crews visited each other's ships and conducted joint scientific experiments. The 4" patch has been double-matted with an 8" x 10" color photograph of art showing the link-up of the two spacecraft and a 1.25" x 4.75" brass plate engraved with mission information. Framed to an overall size of 21" x 17.75". Very fine.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)