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Association of Space Explorers XXVI Planetary Congress Cologne, Germany 2013 Association of Space Explorers XXVI Planetary Congress Cologne, Germany 2013 Commemorative Poster Signature Key Viktor Afanasyev Vladimir Aksyonov Alexander Alexandrov Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz 22, Soyuz T-2 Soyuz T-9, Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-29, Soyuz TM-33 Aleksandar Alexandrov Joseph Allen Anousheh Ansari Soyuz TM-5 STS 5, STS 51-A Soyuz TMA-9 Anatoli Artsebarski Sergei Avdeev John-David Bartoe Soyuz TMA-12 Soyuz TM-15, Soyuz TM-22, STS 51F Soyuz TM-28 Anatoli Berezovoi Karol Bobko Jean-François Clervoy Soyuz T-5 STS 6, STS 51D, STS 51J STS 66, STS 84, STS 103 Roger Crouch Bonnie Dunbar Pedro Duque STS 83, STS 94 STS 61A, STS 32, STS 50, STS 71, STS 95, Soyuz TMA-3 STS 89 Reinhold Ewald John Fabian Klaus-Dietrich Flade Soyuz TM-25 STS 7, STS 51G Soyuz TM-14 Christer Fuglesang Jake Garn Owen Garriott STS 116, STS 128 STS 51D Skylab 3, STS 9 Yuri Gidzenko Georgi Grechko Tom Hennen Soyuz TM-22, Soyuz TM-31/ Soyuz 17, Soyuz 26, Soyuz T-14 STS 44 Exp 1 Miroslaw Hermaszewski Jeff Hoffman Thomas Jones Soyuz 30 STS 51D, STS 35, STS 46, STS 61, STS 59, STS 68, STS 80, STS 98 STS 75 Akihiko Hoshide Alexander Ivanchenkov Anatoli Ivanishin STS 124, Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz 29, Soyuz T-6 Soyuz TMA-22/Exp. 29 Vladimir Kovolyonok Alexei Leonov Liu Boming Soyuz 25, Soyuz 29, Voskhod 2, ASTP Shenzhou 7 Soyuz T-4 Pam Melroy Ulf Merbold Ernst Messerschmid STS 92, STS 112, STS 120 STS 9, STS 42, Soyuz TM-20 STS 61-A Chiaki Mukai Sheikh Muszaphar Paolo Nespoli STS 65, STS 95 Soyuz TMA-11 STS 120/Exp. 26 Claude Nicollier Soichi Noguchi Oleg Novitski STS 46, STS 61, STS 75, STS 103 STS 114, Soyuz TMA-17/Exp 22 Soyuz TMA-06M/Exp 33 Bill Oefelein John Phillips Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu STS 116 STS 100, Soyuz TMA-6/Exp 11 Soyuz 40 STS 119 Kenneth Reightler, Jr. Vladimir Remek Sergei Revin STS 48, STS 60 Soyuz 28 Soyuz TMA-04M, Exp. 31 Richard Richards Alexander Samokutyaev Viktor Savinykh STS 28, STS 41, STS 50, STS 64 Soyuz TMA-21/Exp. 27 Soyuz T-4, Soyuz T-13 Soyuz TM-5 Hans Schlegel Rusty Schweickart Rick Searfoss STS 55, STS 122 Apollo 9 STS 58, STS 76, STS 90 Salizhan Sharipov Anton Shkaplerov Evgeni Tarelkin STS 89, Soyuz TMA-5/Exp. 10 Soyuz TMA-22/Exp. 29 Soyuz TMA-06M/Exp. 33 Vladimir Titov Michel Tognini Valeri Tokarev Soyuz T-8, Soyuz T-10a, Soyuz Soyuz TM-14, STS 93 STS 96, Soyuz TMA-7/Exp. 12 TM-4, STS 63, STS 86 Sergei Treshchev Yuri Usachev Franz Viehbock STS 111/Exp. 5 Soyuz TM-18, Soyuz TM-23, Soyuz TM-13 STS 101/Expedition 2/STS 102 Alexander Volkov Sergei Volkov Jim Voss Soyuz T-14, Soyuz TM-7, Soyuz TMA-12/Exp. 17, Soyuz STS 44, STS 53, STS 69, STS 101/ Soyuz TM-13 TMA-02M/Exp. 28 Expedition 2/STS 102 Charles Walker Ulrich Walter Donald Williams STS 41D, STS 51D, STS 61B STS 55 STS 51D, STS 34 Yang Liwei Sergei Zalyotin Vyacheslav Zhudov Shenzhou 5 Soyuz TM-30, Soyuz TMA-1 Soyuz 23 Eighty astronauts and cosmonauts from 17 nations gathered July 1-5, 2013 in Cologne, Germany for the XXVI Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers. Hosted by German astronaut Reinhold Ewald, the theme of the Congress was “Citizens of Space – Stewards of Earth”, reflecting ASE’s belief that the human condition in space is inextricably linked to the human condition on our home planet, Earth. This poster commemorates the XXVI Congress and bears the authentic signatures of the participating astronauts and cosmonauts*. This poster 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. 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 Founding Members of the Association of Space Explorers. * Not all Congress participant signatures are featured on the commemorative posters..
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