mmmoo Member Posts: 566 From: London, England Registered: May 2001
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posted 08-12-2021 04:52 AM
This Twice Flown to the ISS Cosmonavigator is arguably the rarest of designed-for-space and flown-in-space timepieces. Designed by legendary cosmonaut Vladimir Dzhanibekov, along with telling the time, it can tell you what part of the Earth you are orbiting above. These elite timepieces have the distinction of having flown for a total time of just over one year in space, completing over 5800 orbits of Earth on two separate ISS long-duration missions. In addition, they have flown on three spacecraft, not two — the first mission saw them launched and landing with Sharipov in 2005 on Soyuz TMA-5 but for their second space voyage they were launched in 2006 with Vinogradov on Soyuz TMA-8 and returned to Earth six months later on Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) with the crew of STS-115, one week ahead of Vinogradov’s return to Earth on Soyuz TMA-8. Price $24,995 |