Posts: 30
From: Arlington, VA, US
Registered: Dec 2013

posted 01-08-2017 08:47 AM               

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Does anyone know anything about this Soyuz TM-30 heat shield plug acrylic on eBay?

Here is a related one from TM-34.

Are they authentic? How many were produced? I haven't been able to find anything else like them ever sold at auction.

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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 01-08-2017 09:04 AM               

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The TM-34 example is odd in that it uses the logo of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. There was no American aboard TM-34, either on the launch or landing crew, and to the best of my recollection the Hall of Fame never offered something like this.

I have been seeking a heat shield plug from Soyuz TM-34, as it was the launch I witnessed in Baikonur, but the odd composition is giving me pause...

Posts: 30
From: Arlington, VA, US
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