World record book
Soviet Union, Moscow, 1969
Issued by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Federation of Aeronautics of the USSR
Signed by the crew members Schonin, Kubasov, Filiptschenko, Volkov, Gorbatko, Shatalov, Yeliseyev and others
Contains the reports of the world’s first group flight of three controlled multi-seated spaceships ‘Soyuz-6, Soyuz-7, Soyuz-8’, October 11-18, 1969
29 pages, 1 chart, 18 photographs
Text in Cyrillic, translation in German enclosed
Red leather binding
Dimensions: 31.3 x 23.5 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
Only about 8 copies of this world record request book of the world’s first group flight of three spaceships were issued

This book contains the reports of the record of the world’s first group flight of three controlled multi-seated spaceships ‘Soyuz-6, Soyuz-7, Soyuz-8’, that took place from October 11 to 18, 1969. The leather-bound official report of the flight (29pp + 6 pages of photos) in Russian are autographed in pen by the crew members Schonin, Kubasov, Filiptschenko, Volkov, Gorbatko, Shatalov, Yeliseyev et al. This was the official record request book presented to the International Aeronautical Federation by the Russian Government. The cosmonauts have signed their report pages while other officials have signed pages attesting to the technical aspects of the flight. The included photographs depict examples of the types of radio helmets of the objects 33 to 35 of our auction. After each mission, official reports of this type were created and were shared with international science world. Only about 8 copies of the report were issued. That it is why these so-called World Record Books are very much in demand.



Enclosed is a German translation of the book. The record request is in very good condition. Merely the leather binding depicts traces of wear. Some of the photographs are slightly faded due to their age. The dimensions are 31.3 x 23.5 cm.

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