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Topic: 232785059883: Soyuz TMA-16M flown cover
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randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-06-2018 09:07 PM
   
There is a Soyuz TMA-16M cover flown to the ISS and signed by six cosmonauts and astronauts on eBay with the auction closing tomorrow morning. The item number is 232785059883. The cachet commemorates the one year ISS mission with the Expedition 43, 44, 45 and 46 emblems. However, I don't see Scott Kelly's signature. The only possibility is the signature under the Expedition 46 emblem, but it doesn't look like any of the Scott Kelly signatures that I have. Who are the cosmonauts and astronauts who signed this cover? |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 06-07-2018 04:14 PM
This is, first of all, a Soyuz T-6 flown cover, back from 1982.Why would you think that Scott Kelly would have flown on this one, even before he had been selected as an astronaut? The cover is signed by the crew, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Alexander Ivanchenkov and Frenchman Jean-Loup Chrétien. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-07-2018 05:31 PM
The link no longer points to the original listing, apparently a new feature by eBay: The listing you’re looking for is no longer available. Check out this similar item we found for you. The original listing is now here. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 06-10-2018 12:43 AM
The link you cite, Robert, still leads to the Soyuz T-6 cover.So one really cannot view the old listing of the TMA-16 cover anymore.  |
Dave_Johnson
Member Posts: 106
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Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 06-10-2018 12:57 AM
If you click on the link in the first post, it will take you to the eBay page showing that the item is no longer available. Once there, click on the "listing" link on the eBay page and it will go to the original item. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 06-10-2018 03:35 AM
The cover is autographed by: - Mikhail Kornienko
- Oleg Kononenko
- Anton Shkaplerov
- Yuri Malenchenko
- Sergei Volkov
- and I think Scott Kelly, who signed here with just the first letter of his first name and his family name.
You could also ask the seller, Gabi Leidig, directly. |
randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-10-2018 02:33 PM
I did ask Gabi but did not receive an answer. I didn't bid on the cover because I couldn't confirm that Scott Kelly signed it. |
spaceflori
Member Posts: 1499
From: Germany
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-12-2018 04:27 AM
Some background info:That's not Scott Kelly but Gennady Padalka on the bottom who signed. The cover is originally from the estate of Richard Stonely, obtained most likely from Gennady Padalka or Mikael Kornienko as he was in touch close with both before his untimely death. I have sold the cover to Gabi afterwards. |
randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-12-2018 12:56 PM
Thank you Florian for confirming that Scott Kelly did not sign the cover. Since the cover commemorates his one year mission aboard the ISS, and has a photo of him in the cachet, it's odd that he didn't sign it. |
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