Soyuz MS-26 – crewsigned backup crew launch cover Dave Scott We strongly warn you not

We strongly warn you not to cut

The source of this heatshield fragment was a heatshield plug encased into lucite as a presentation piece given to Gemini Program Office special assistant and longtime NASA employee

while Mattingly remained in lunar orbit aboard the Command Module Casper

These tests were essential to demonstrate that the spacecraft systems worked as intended—laying the groundwork for Apollo 10’s dress rehearsal in lunar orbit and Apollo 11’s first Moon landing

Soyuz MS-26 – crewsigned backup crew launch cover Dave Scott We strongly warn you notRARE : Soyuz MS 26 backup crew hand signed launch cover by the crew Jonny Kim, Sergey Ryschikov and Alexey Subritzki.