We got the occasion to send a private item to the
ISS. The German company
Space Service International offered such
service. The object only had to be small, light and non commercial. |
On October 14, 2004, 03:06
UTC,
Soyuz
TMA-5 launched successful from Baikonur. On board of
Soyuz
TMA-5 were
Commander Salizhan
Sharipov,
Flight Engineers Leroy
Chiao and Yuri
Shargin. |
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Salizhan Sharipov |
Leroy Chiao |
Yuri Shargin |
During his six-month-stay onboard the ISS Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov stamped our postcard with the board stamp and signed it. The photo on the right side shows Sharipov during this action. |
Our postcard returned together with the other stowage on April 24, 2005, 22:08 UTC onboard of the Soyuz TMA-5 capsule and landed save on target in Kazakhstan. All in all, the SPACEFACTS postcard accomplished 3032 orbits of the Earth and travelled about 121,36 million kilometers. |