Apollo 17 Space Postcard Signed by Soviet Cosmonaut Georgi Shonin

Georgi Shonin (1935-1997) was the commander of Soyuz 6 (1969), his only space mission. The main objective of Soyuz 6, whose crew also included cosmonaut Valeri Kubasov was to perform experiments with space welding. There were no EVA's on this flight as there were no pressure suits aboard. Soyuz 6 was in orbit at the same time as the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 spacecraft, but a planned rendezvous of the three capsules had to be aborted.