April 5th Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/6/2013
Lot of five PSA/DNA encapsulated/slabbed index cards have been hand signed by five of early Russian Cosmonauts including: Vladimir Shatalov is a former Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10., Pavel Popovich (d) (born Oct. 5, 1930, Uzin, Ukraine, U.S.S.R.—died Sept. 30, 2009, Gurzuf, Ukraine), Soviet cosmonaut who piloted the Vostok 4 spacecraft, launched Aug. 12, 1962. Nikolay Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov (d) (born Sept. 18, 1932, Tomsk, Siberia, U.S.S.R.—died Oct. 19, 2002, Moscow, Russia), Russian cosmonaut who , on his third trip into space, became the first cosmonaut to land a spacecraft manually, Valery Bykovsky is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37. and Alexy Leonov is a retired Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and Air Force Major General who, on 18 March 1965, became the first human to conduct an extra-vehicular activity (EVA), also known as a space walk.