Vintage USSR space history badges set 5 vintage, spaceflight missions Soyuz, artificial Earth satellite pin rare, Luna 20 lunar sample badge
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These 5 pins made during the 60s to commemorate USSR space missions. Some info about the pins below.
Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8 pin. Soyuz 6 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw the three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying a total of seven cosmonauts. The crew of Georgy Shonin and Valeri Kubasov were meant to take high-quality movie photography of the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking, but the rendezvous systems on all three spacecraft failed.
Luna 20 was placed in an intermediate Earth parking orbit and from this orbit was sent towards the Moon. It entered lunar orbit on 18 February 1972. On 21 February 1972, Luna 20 soft-landed on the Moon in a mountainous area known as the Terra Apollonius (or Apollonius highlands) near Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fertility), 120 km from where Luna 16 had landed.
Soyuz 11 was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1 (Soyuz 10 had soft-docked but had not been able to enter due to latching problems). The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-man crew. The three crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans known to have died in space.
Kosmos 600 satellite pin.
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Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8 pin. Soyuz 6 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw the three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying a total of seven cosmonauts. The crew of Georgy Shonin and Valeri Kubasov were meant to take high-quality movie photography of the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking, but the rendezvous systems on all three spacecraft failed.
Luna 20 was placed in an intermediate Earth parking orbit and from this orbit was sent towards the Moon. It entered lunar orbit on 18 February 1972. On 21 February 1972, Luna 20 soft-landed on the Moon in a mountainous area known as the Terra Apollonius (or Apollonius highlands) near Mare Fecunditatis (Sea of Fertility), 120 km from where Luna 16 had landed.
Soyuz 11 was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1 (Soyuz 10 had soft-docked but had not been able to enter due to latching problems). The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurized during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-man crew. The three crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans known to have died in space.
Kosmos 600 satellite pin.
See more vintage Space pins:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SovietEra?ref=l2-shopheader-name§ion_id=22493472
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Vintage USSR space history badges set 5 vintage, spaceflight missions Soyuz, artificial Earth satellite pin rare, Luna 20 lunar sample badge