The cover dedicated to the first Soviet liquid rocket GIRD-09, signed by Soyuz 28 Salyut 6 First Intercosmos Crew members cosmonauts Vladimir Remek and Aleksei Gubarev. Size 16 cm x 11 cm.

Excellent condition.

Cosmonauts Biography:

Aleksei Gubarev (1931 2015) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28.

Gubarev graduated from the Soviet Naval Aviation School in 1952 and went on to serve with the Soviet Air Force. He undertook further studies at the Gagarin Air Force Academy before being accepted into the space program.

He was originally trained for the Soviet lunar program and for military Soyuz flights before training for Salyut missions. His next mission, in 1978, was Soyuz 28, the first Interkosmos flight, where he was accompanied by Vladimir Remek from Czechoslovakia.

In 1971, he became backup commander for the ill-fated Soyuz -11 mission, which killed the three-man crew when the craft depressurized in space.

He resigned as a cosmonaut in 1981 and took up an administrative position at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. 

In the 1980s he worked at the 30th Ventral Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defense. His awards include the Gagarin Gold Medal, which was bestowed upon him twice. He was an honorary citizen of Kaluga, Arkalyk, Tselinograd and Prague.

Gubarev published a book, The Attraction of Weightlessness, in 1982.

Vladimír Remek (1948-) is a Czech politician and diplomat as well as a former cosmonaut and military pilot. He flew aboard Soyuz 28 from 2 to 10 March 1978, becoming the first and only Czechoslovak in space. As the first cosmonaut from a country other than USSR or USA, and with the entry of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into the European Union, Remek is considered to be the first astronaut from the European Union. Remek was a member of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2013 for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia. From 2014 to 2018 he was Czech Ambassador to Russia.