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Commemorative stamp series - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1988 - 5 Pfennig


Theme: Economy & Industry
CountryGermany / German Democratic Republic
Issue Date1988
Face Value5.00 
Colorblue
PerforationK 14
Printing Typeoffset
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2912
Chronological ChapterGER-DDR
SID965441
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10 years manned space flight USSR GDR The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes three multicolored postage stamps "10 years manned space flight USSR - GDR". Special cancellation from 21 June to 20 August 1988 10th anniversary of the manned long-range flight USSR - GDR From 26 August to 3 September 1978 was the highlight of GDR participation in the exploration and exploitation of cosmic space within the framework of the program Intercosmos socialist Countries the first joint manned space flight USSR GDR took place. 5 Pfennig value: After the landing of the spacecraft Soyuz 29 On August 26, 1978, the flying cosmonaut commander Colonel Valery Bykowski (USSR) and research cosmonaut Lieutenant Colonel Sigmund Jähn (GDR) with the spacecraft Soyuz 31 to Orbital Station Salut 6. In Orbital complex Soyuz 31 / Salut 61 / Soyuz 29 (length about 30 m, mass 32.5 t) with the crew of the crew W. Kowaljonok and A. lwantschenkow conducted S. Jähn 22 scientific experiments in the fields of remote sensing of the earth, cosmic material science as well as biology and medicine , The flight of W. Bykowski and S. Jähn took almost 189 hours. They circled the earth 125 times, covering a distance of about five million miles. On September 3, both returned to Earth with the spacecraft Soyuz 29 according to the program. S. Jähn wrote immediately after landing in the steppe of Kazakhstan, surrounded by helpers and journalists, on the blackened capsule: "Thank you, S. Jähn, 3. 9. 1978".

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10 years manned space flight USSR GDR The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic publishes three multicolored postage stamps "10 years manned space flight USSR - GDR". Special cancellation from 21 June to 20 August 1988 10th anniversary of the manned long-range flight USSR - GDR From 26 August to 3 September 1978 was the highlight of GDR participation in the exploration and exploitation of cosmic space within the framework of the program Intercosmos socialist Countries the first joint manned space flight USSR GDR took place. 5 Pfennig value: After the landing of the spacecraft Soyuz 29 On August 26, 1978, the flying cosmonaut commander Colonel Valery Bykowski (USSR) and research cosmonaut Lieutenant Colonel Sigmund Jähn (GDR) with the spacecraft Soyuz 31 to Orbital Station Salut 6. In Orbital complex Soyuz 31 / Salut 61 / Soyuz 29 (length about 30 m, mass 32.5 t) with the crew of the crew W. Kowaljonok and A. lwantschenkow conducted S. Jähn 22 scientific experiments in the fields of remote sensing of the earth, cosmic material science as well as biology and medicine , The flight of W. Bykowski and S. Jähn took almost 189 hours. They circled the earth 125 times, covering a distance of about five million miles. On September 3, both returned to Earth with the spacecraft Soyuz 29 according to the program. S. Jähn wrote immediately after landing in the steppe of Kazakhstan, surrounded by helpers and journalists, on the blackened capsule: "Thank you, S. Jähn, 3. 9. 1978"..