Lot 285
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION — A COLLECTION OF 6 INTERNATIONAL FLOWN FLAGS

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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  •  A Collection of 6 International Flown Flags
A collection of six flags, four of which signed by the following astronauts: Andreas Mogensen, the first Dane in space. Samantha Cristoforetti, the first Italian woman in space.  Kimiya Yui, the first Japanese astronaut with military background. Aidyn Aimbetov, the first astronaut to fly under the Kazakh flag.Gennady Ivanovich Padalka, a Russian astronaut who currently holds the world record for the most time spent in space (879 days). Full details available online. 

Catalogue Note

A collection of six flags, four of which signed by the following astronauts: ANDREAS MOGENSEN, the first Dane in space. 

SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI, the first Italian woman in space.  Cristoforetti also holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut, and until June 2017, she also held the record for the longest single space flight by a woman (this was broken by Peggy Whitson). Samantha Cristoforetti is also known as the first person who brewed an espresso in space.

KIMIYA YUI, the first Japanese astronaut with military background. Because of a policy of the Japanese government's, which separates the scientific field from military works, Yui was forced to retire from his military position.

AIDYN AIMBETOV, the first astronaut to fly under the Kazakh flag.

GENNADY IVANOVICH PADALKA, a Russian astronaut who currently holds the world record for the most time spent in space (879 days).