Soyuz TM-29 - prime + backup crew last lunar landing Levchenko spent approximately one week

Levchenko spent approximately one week aboard the orbiting station before returning to Earth on December 29

It could be considered the first manned suborbital spacecraft ever constructed by the United States

One of only 12 examples

a key mission in modern space exploration

Unlike a conventional commemorative cover

Soyuz TM-29 - prime + backup crew last lunar landing Levchenko spent approximately one weekSoyuz TM 29 Baikonur Launch Cover Signed by the Complete Prime and Backup Crews Rare and historically significant Soyuz TM 29 launch cover from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, hand signed by all six members of the missions official prime and backup crews. Prime crew: Viktor Afanasyev Russia, Soyuz Commander Jean Pierre Haigner France, Flight Engineer Ivan Bella Slovakia, Research Cosmonaut Backup crew: Salizhan Sharipov Russia, Backup Commander Claudie Andr