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Vintage matte-finish 7.5 x 5.5 group photo of 11 pioneering cosmonauts, signed in the lower border in ink or felt tip by 10 pictured: Yuri Gagarin, Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Pavel Popovich, Valery Bykovsky, Pavel Belyayev, Alexey Leonov, Valentina Tereshkova, Vladimir Komarov, and Boris Yegorov. In fine condition, with slight brushing to some of the ink, and subtle evidence of a removed Feoktistov signature.
The consignor notes that the photograph was presented to space engineer Tamara Vladimirovna Batenchuk-Tusko, a participant in the first set of OKB-1 cosmonauts in 1965. Additionally, she worked as an engineer in the 9th department of OKB-1, was engaged in the development of the terms of reference (TOR) for the life support systems (LSS) of the Vostok spacecraft, and took part in the development of equipment for medical experiments under the AUSTROMIR-91 program.
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