With Crew-12, Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev have arrived at the International Space Station. I’ll be following this mission closely and gradually update with collectibles related to the current flight. │ Last update: 04/17/2026
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After Gagarin’s Flight: Kyiv’s Postmark That Beat Moscow
It wasn’t the powerful Soviet state machinery in Moscow, but a group of enthusiasts in the Ukrainian metropolis who were the first to commemorate the historic spaceflight of Vostok 1 through philately. This is the other, little-known story of April 12, 1961.
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The Soviet Cosmonauts’ Club (so to speak)
An unusual piece in my collection: the personal ID card of Ivan Grigorievich Borisenko, the legendary spaceflight official
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On my fascination with cosmonautics
On August 26, 1978, Sigmund Jähn became the first German in space, launching aboard Soyuz 31. The first item in my collection relates to this milestone.
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