Soyuz TMA-9 FLOWN ISS cover + letter - Soccer Worldcup 2006 Jack Swigert Several members of the two

Several members of the two crews achieved important milestones during the expedition

Frank De Winne

KNIGA-produced covers are well established within Soviet space-philately collecting and were issued to commemorate the achievements of the Soviet crewed space program

Soyuz MS-29 crew hand signed 6x4'' glossy photo by Anil Menon

And its seven signatures represent the international crew actually aboard mankind’s permanently inhabited orbital laboratory on that anniversary

Soyuz TMA-9 FLOWN ISS cover + letter - Soccer Worldcup 2006 Jack Swigert Several members of the twoFrom the 2006 FIFA World Cup to the International Space Station Soyuz TMA 9 Flown Private Mail Cover An extraordinary combination of football history, private correspondence and genuine space flown postal history: a cover mailed from Germany during the closing weekend of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, subsequently carried aboard Soyuz TMA 9 to the International Space Station and postmarked again in orbit. The cover received its first postal cancellation in