Expedition 44: International Research Aboard the ISS

Handsigned and certified on the flag

he became the last human to leave footprints on the lunar surface

Gerst’s mission encompassed Expeditions 56 and 57 and lasted 197 days

connection to the Kelly–Kornienko One-Year Mission and provenance from the Jacques Bracke collection

ISS Expedition 1 letter from the ISS - delivered by the Space Shuttle first US spacewalk Expedition 44: International Research AboardExpedition 1 First Space Mail Historic Letter Written Aboard the ISS and Returned by STS 98 Atlantis One of only 19 reported examples From the renowned Jacques Bracke astrophilatelic collection A museum calibre artifact from the birth of permanent human habitation in space: an original handwritten letter composed aboard the International Space Station by Expedition 1 cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko and addressed to fellow Russian cosmonaut Sergei Zalyotin.