ISS Flown Space Cover Expedition 68 Signed Kikina, Fedyaev Rubio Petelin Prokopyev

ISS Flown Space Cover Expedition 68 Signed Kikina, Fedyaev Rubio Petelin Prokopyev

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Official Roskosmos Energia Space Cover Expedition 68 featuring ISS Expedition 68, Soyuz MS-22 and Soyuz MS-23 emblems.The cover signed by Soyuz MS-22 crew: Petelin, Prokopyev, Rubio, as well Space X Crew 5 member Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina and Space X Crew 6 cosmonaut Fedyaev.The covers bears the stamp ofISS a board Russian Segment , date February 26, 2023, as the MS-23 arrived at the space station.Some information:Soyuz MS-23 was spaceflight that launched from Baikonur on 24 February 2023 to ISS, to replace the Soyuz MS -22 spacecraft for landing that the three Soyuz MS-22 crew members launched onboard, with a new spacecraft.Due to the 0.8 mm (0.031 in)-diameter hole punctured in the radiator Soyuz MS-22 due to micro-meteoroid impact, there were doubts over the safety of Soyuz MS-22. So, it was returned MS-22 uncrewed like Soyuz 32 and MS-23 was launched uncrewed like Soyuz MS 34 as a replacement.Until the replacement MS-23 docked with the ISS,  Space X Crew 5 was considered among the options to return the MS-22 crew, in case of emergency. This is due to the fact that Space X originally designed the Crew Dragon to host a crew of seven at a time. Due to these reasons, the International Space Station mission management team decided to move NASA astronaut F. Rubio’s Soyuz seat liner from the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft to Dragon Endurance, to provide lifeboat capabilities in the event Rubio would need to return to Earth because of an emergency evacuation from the space station. The seat liner was moved on 17 January 2023, with installation and configuration continuing through most of the day, 18 January 2023. This seat liner swapping is not new between two Soyuz, but this was the first time swapping from Soyuz to Crew Dragon.The change allowed for increased crew protection by reducing the heat load inside the MS-22 spacecraft for cosmonauts Prokopyev and Petelin in the event of an emergency return to Earth.Alongside Space X Crew 6 space capsule is designed to bring back crew serving as an emergency evacuation after Crew-5.As the MS-23 arrived at the space station on 26 February, Rubio's seat liner was transferred to the new Soyuz on 6 March and the seat liners for S. Prokopyev and D. Petelin were moved from MS-22 to MS-23 on 2 March, ahead of their return in the Soyuz.The original three-Russian member crew for this scenario was named in May 2021. American astronaut Loral O’Hara replaced Andrey Fedyaev  as a part of the Soyuz-Dragon crew swap system of keeping at least one NASA astronaut and one Roscosmos cosmonaut on each of the crew rotation missions. This allows continuous space station occupation by US and Russia and keep backup crew scenarios to prevent vehicle either vehicle grounding like Soyuz MS-10launch failure or to compensate for delays in launch of crew rotation missions of either vehicles like Space X Crew 3, that was delayed due to unfavourable launch weather conditions.Size of the cover is 8.1/2” x 4.1/4”. Excellent Condition.

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