This exchange demonstrated a level of operational cooperation between the American and Russian space programs that would have been almost unimaginable only a few years earlier

Within approximately half an hour of his return from orbit

The published article featuring this exact cover

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Igor Rodin’s Handwritten Letter

FLOWN ISS 2004 Xmas card from Karen Chiao to Sharipov Jim McDivitt This exchange demonstrated a levelChristmas Day on the ISS Flown Card from Karen Chiao to Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov From the renowned astrophilatelic collection of Jacques Bracke A deeply personal and exceptionally charming artifact of life aboard the International Space Station: an original Christmas card and matching cover sent by Karen Chiao, wife of Expedition 10 commander Leroy Chiao, to Russian cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov aboard the ISS. Both the envelope and the enclosed