PROXIMA16-2: FDC Russia 2016 Launching SOYUZ MS-03 Pesquet, Whitson, Novitsky
PROXIMA16-2 : FDC Russia "Launching Soyuz MS-03, 11 Nov. 2016 / International Space Mission PROXIMA / P. Whitson (USA), O. Novitsky (Russie), T. Pesquet (France)".
- Postage Russia block 50R "50 years flight of Gagarin (2011)"
- Postmarked blue cachet "International Space Mission - Baikonur Cosmodrome" November 18, 2016
- Back : Russian label "Crew Soyuz MS-03" + Postal link Strasbourg, Council of Europe (France)
Collectors Edition - 50 numbered copies issued - rare
International space mission SOYOUZ MS-03 aboard the ISS (USA, Russia, France)
PROXIMA - a 196-day scientific, technical and educational mission carried out by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet 17.11.2016 (18.11.16 - 3:20 a.m. Baikonur, Kazakhstan) 02-06-2017
ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet arrived aboard the ISS on November 20, 2016, accompanied by Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and American astronaut Peggy Whitson. As part of the Proxima mission, the Frenchman carried out numerous scientific experiments (62 were on the program and he participated in 55 others carried out by other members of the crew) and also carried out educational activities. After a stay of 196 days, a record for a French astronaut, Thomas Pesquet returned to Earth on June 2, 2017.
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- 18/11/2016
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