Salyut 6 Intercosmos Soyuz -28 flown space cover.

The flown cover signed by  Soyuz 28 First Intercosmos Crew members cosmonauts Vladimir Remek and Aleksei Gubarev. Size 16 cm x 11 cm.

Excellent condition.

Cosmonauts Biography:

Aleksei Gubarev (1931 2015) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights Soyuz  17 and Soyuz 28.

Gubarev graduated from the Soviet Naval Aviation School in 1952 and went on to serve with the Soviet Air Force. He undertook further studies at the Gagarin Air Force Academy before being accepted into the space program.

He was originally trained for the Soviet lunar program and for military Soyuz flights before training for Salyut missions. His next mission, in 1978, was Soyuz 28, the first Interkosmos flight, where he was accompanied by Vladimir Remek from Czechoslovakia.

In 1971, he became backup commander for the ill-fated Soyuz -11 mission, which killed the three-man crew when the craft depressurized in space.

He resigned as a cosmonaut in 1981 and took up an administrative position at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. 

In the 1980s he worked at the 30^th Ventral Scientific Research Institute, Ministry of Defense. His awards include the Gagarin Gold Medal, which was bestowed upon him twice. He was an honorary citizen of Kaluga, Arkalyk, Tselinograd and Prague.

Gubarev published a book, The Attraction of Weightlessness, in 1982.