Original, authentic spare nametag patch made for the flight suit of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev for her ISS Expedition 2, made by the manufacturer of space wardrobe used by cosmonauts and astronauts on International Space Station (ISS). 

Excellent Condition.

Cosmonaut Yuri Usachev made his fourth trip into space on board Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-102. Launched from KSC on March 8, 2001 at 06:42 EST Discovery successfully docked with the ISS a day later on March 9 at 6:38 UTC. The Expedition 2 crew of Usachev and NASA astronauts Susan Helms and James Voss lived and worked aboard ISS 167 days. Yuri Usachev was the Commander of Expedition 2. During Expedition 2, research facilities launched to the ISS included a Human Research Facility, two EXPRESS (Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station) Racks, one of which contains the Active Rack Isolation System and the Payload Equipment Restraint System. They also prepared the Destiny laboratory to enable upcoming experiments to be conducted. A major focus was on gaining a better understanding of how to protect crew members from radiation while working and living in space.

There were four Space Shuttle and one Soyuz missions to the ISS during Expedition 2.

Usachov, Helms and Voss returned to Earth with the crew of STS-105 on August 22, 2001, on the Shuttle flight delivering the third Expedition crew.

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