Gemini 8 space flown heatshield 8x10 presentation patch Among the earliest known examples

Among the earliest known examples of personal correspondence delivered to the occupied station

Soyuz TM-21 / Mir-18 — Mir-Flown Cover Signed by Thagard

Triangle swatch of heatshield material mounted on a 7x9'' rigid foam board certified on the backside

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Gemini 8 space flown heatshield 8x10 presentation patch Among the earliest known examplesGemini 8 Neil Armstrong and David Scott Heatshield material mounted on an 8x10 presentation certified on the backside. 3 months after Gemini 6 and 7 the Gemini 8 spacecraft with the two astronauts Armstrong and Scott has launched to perform a docking with an unmanned "Agena target vehicle" launched one and a half hour earlier. After five orbits Gemini 8 and the Agena flew in formation for half an hour before docking. For another half an hour the two