Metal tag with red ribbon removed from Soyuz Progress M1-4 1st Stage.

During the pre-launch preparation of Soyuz rocket this tag was attached to the 1st stage, of Soyuz U-PVB launch vehicle R-7 family, serial Number K 15000-671, carried Progress M1-4 to Mir Space Station. This tag was removed before the launch.

The total length is 9” long.

The metal triangle tag size 2” x 2” x1”.

Rare. 

In excellent condition. 

Placed in 3D display.

Some information about this mission:

Progress M1-4 was an unmanned resupply craft that rendezvoused with the International Space Station on November 18. After problems with the automatic system, ISS Expedition 1 crew member Gidzenko took over manual control with the remote TORU system at 0302 GMT. The first docking attempt was aborted when M1-4 was only 5 m from the station at 0309 GMT. On the second attempt docking was successfully achieved at 0348 GMT at Zarya's nadir port. The problem on the first attempt was icing of the TORU system TV camera on the Progress when the spacecraft was in shadow. Progress M1-4 undocked from ISS at 1623 GMT on December 1. Following the mission of STS-97 Progress M1-4 redocked to Zarya's nadir port on December 26 at 1054 GMT. The redocking tested a fix to the software that caused problems in the vehicle's first docking attempt on November 18. Yuri Gidzenko completed the docking manually using the remote-control TORU system. Progress M1-4 undocked from Zarya's nadir port for the last time at 1126 GMT on February 8. It was deorbited over the Pacific and reentered at 1350 GMT the same day.