FIRST COSMONAUT KIKINA SPACE X CREW 5 NAMETAG FLAG SET PATCH ISS EXPEDITION 68

FIRST COSMONAUT KIKINA SPACE X CREW 5 NAMETAG FLAG SET PATCH ISS EXPEDITION 68

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Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina spare set of nametag and flag patches made for her ISS mission aboard of Space X Crew -5 Dragon.

It is absolutely beautiful set with golden thread embroidery of the cosmonaut name. Hook-and-loop fastener attached to the back of each patch.

Ready to display in your collection.

The photo and patches inserted in thick plastic folder, size 5” x 7”.

Anna Kikina is a Russian engineer and cosmonaut, selected in 2012.

 She is the only woman cosmonaut currently in active service at Roscosmos.

 In June 2020, fellow cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko said that Kikina was expected to fly on a fall 2022 mission to ISS and perform a spacewalk during the mission.

 In September 2021, RIA NOVOSTI reported that Kikina had been assigned to the Soyuz MS-22 mission, set to launch on 21 September 2022, for a 188-day mission.

In December 2021, Roscosmos former Director General Dmitry Rogozin announced she would fly on an "American commercial spacecraft" in September 2022, while a NASA astronaut would take her seat on Soyuz making her the first Russian cosmonaut to fly a Crew Dragon and the first Roscosmos cosmonaut to fly aboard a U.S. spacecraft since 2002.

 In October 2022, the commercial flight launched as the SpaceX Crew-5 Crew Dragon.

This mission is the first Crew Dragon mission to fly a Russian cosmonaut,Anna Kikina  who was selected in July 2022 for this mission

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