Kathryn Sullivan + Dave Leestma – historic EVA Apollo 15 on 19 March

on 19 March

a control-selection error caused the Soyuz orbital module to make two glancing contacts with Mir’s Kristall module

The spacecraft remained docked to the ISS after the visiting crew departed and served as the station’s emergency return vehicle until November 2002

Direct association with the recovery of the Soyuz program after Soyuz 1

Kathryn Sullivan + Dave Leestma – historic EVA Apollo 15 on 19 MarchKathryn Sullivan + Dave Leestma hand signed historic STS 41 G EVA cover both astronauts did a historic EVA simulating the refueling of satellites in orbit. Sullivan became the first US woman to do an EVA on that flight ! Cachet is handdrawn by space artist Detlev van Ravenswaay.