"Star Ways," set of 32 art postcards in a folder published by "Isobrasitelnoe Iskusstvo," Moscow, USSR, 1978. Paintings by A. Sokolov and A. Leonov, and several paintings on which both artists collaborated. Inscriptions are in Russian.

Standard size: 6" x 4" [150mm x 105mm]; the cards were used by the artist and have some oil stains on several versos [see photos]; very good condition, suitable for scrap-booking or framing.

Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1934-2019) was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds. He was also selected to be the first Soviet person to land on the Moon although the project was cancelled.

In July 1975, Leonov commanded the Soyuz capsule in the Apollo-Soyuz mission, which docked in space for two days with an American Apollo capsule.

Andrei Sokolov (1931-2007) was one of the most prolific Russian space artists. He worked closely with cosmonauts, in particular his friend Alexei Leonov, to make sure his depictions were realistic. Some of his works were carried into space aboard the 1971 Soyuz 11 mission and later transferred to the Salyut space station.

His artworks are in many museums and private collections. The National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC., have the largest collection of works by Sokolov and Leonov.

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