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Lot #5515
STS-79/Mir-21 Flown Book - One Corpse Too Many - From the Personal Collection of Shannon Lucid

Estimate: $200+

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Description

Flown book—a paperback edition of One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters—carried to the Russian Space Station Mir by the Progress re-supply spacecraft, then returned to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-79. Stamped on the first page with the red ink on-board "Mir" handstamp. In fine condition.

Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Mir Board Engineer 2 Shannon Lucid, in full: "This book was flown to the Russian Space Station Mir by Progress, the Russian re-supply vehicle and then returned to earth by STS-79, onboard the United States Space Shuttle, Atlantis, September 26. 1996."


The Richard Jurek Collection.

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