further connecting the item to the German–Russian spaceflight activities of that period

The mission delivered a replacement Soyuz spacecraft that remained attached to the station as an emergency return vehicle

Comes with a certificate of authenticity and copies of the original NASA papers

A superb addition to any advanced collection of flown space mail

while Command Module Pilot Thomas “Ken” Mattingly remained in lunar orbit

Soyuz TMA-8 - Svarowsky crystals stamp FLOWN ISS cover + letter Dave Scott further connecting the item toUNIQUE ISS FLOWN SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL STAMP COVER AND HANDWRITTEN LETTER Delivered by Soyuz TMA 8 to Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev Certified by Tokarev AIEP Certificate Published in Space & Philately From the Personal Collection of Renowned Astrophilatelist Jacques Bracke An extraordinary and potentially unique piece of International Space Station astrophilately, consisting of an envelope addressed and sent to Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev aboard the ISS,