Association of Space Explorers XVIII Planetary Congress Tokyo, Japan 2003

Commemorative Poster Signature Key Loren Acton Toyohiro Akiyama Vladimir Aksyonov STS 51F Soyuz TM-11 Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2

Buzz Aldrin Alexander Alexandrov (Bul.) Toktar Aubakirov Gemini 12, Apollo 11 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-13

Sergei Avdeev Anatoli Berezovoi Karol Bobko Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-28 Soyuz T-5 STS 6, STS 51D, STS 51J

Scott Carpenter Bob Cenker Sam Durrance Mercury - Atlas 7 STS 61C STS 35, STS 67

John Fabian Mohammed Faris Bertalan Farkas STS 7, STS 51G Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz 36 Dirk Frimout Ed Gibson STS 45 , STS 9

Viktor Gorbatko Jugderdemidyn Gurragchaa Chris Hadfield Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, Soyuz 37 Soyuz 39 STS 74, STS 100

Henry Hartsfield, Jr. Tom Henricks Miroslaw Hermaszewski STS 4, STS 41D, STS 61A STS 44, STS 55, STS 70 Soyuz 30 STS 78

Alexander Ivanchenkov Georgi Ivanov Valeri Kubasov Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-6 Soyuz 33 Soyuz 6, Apollo-Soyuz Soyuz 36

Alexei Leonov Vladimir Lyakhov Bruce Melnick Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz Soyuz 32, Soyuz T-9, STS 41, STS 49 Soyuz TM-6 Ulf Merbold Mamoru Mohri Talgat Musabayev STS 9, STS 42, Soyuz TM-20 STS 47, STS 99 Soyuz TM-19, Soyuz TM-27, Soyuz TM-32

Claude Nicollier Ron Parise Pavel Popovich STS 46, STS 61, STS 75, STS 35, STS 67 Vostok 4, Soyuz 14 STS 103

Dumitru Prunariu Ken Reightler, Jr. Viktor Savinykh Soyuz 40 STS 48, STS 60 Soyuz T-4, Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz T-13

Rusty Schweickart Alexander Serebrov Vladimir Shatalov Apollo 9 Soyuz T-7, Soyuz T-8 Soyuz 4, Soyuz 8, Soyuz 10 Soyuz TM-8, Soyuz TM-17

Vladimir Solovyev Gennadi Strekalov Sergei Treshchev Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-15 Soyuz T-3, Soyuz T-8 STS 111 Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz T-11, Soyuz TM-21 Mikhail Turin Yuri Usachev Franz Viehböck STS 105 Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-23, Soyuz TM-13 STS 101, STS 102

Jim Voss Alexander Volkov Charles Walker STS 44, STS 53, STS 69, Soyuz T-14, Soyuz TM-7, STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B STS 101, STS 102 Soyuz TM- 13

Don Williams STS 51D, STS 34 This poster commemorates the 18th Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE). The Congress took place October 13-17, 2003 in Tokyo, Japan. Bearing the authentic signatures of the participating from 15 nations, it is part of a series of limited Collector's Edition posters that have been produced and signed at each ASE Congress since the Association was founded in 1985; 130 of these posters were signed at the 18th Congress.

The poster has two headings, the main heading in English at the top, with the Russian displayed at the bottom. Around the periphery are printed translations of “Association of Space Explorers” in the native languages of the ASE founders. The background is taken from NASA archive photo # 83 HC 213 which has been used for each set of posters in the series.