![[Signed] UNIQUE BROADSIDE SIGNED BY FRENCH COSMONAUTS JEAN-LOUP CHRETIEN AND PATRICK BAUDRY Chretien, Jean-Loup, and Patrick Baudry [Near Fine]](https://r.kelkoo.com/resize.php?country=ca&merchantId=100567270&categoryId=5101&trackingId=96985762&width=auto&height=auto&image=https%3A%2F%2Fpictures.abebooks.com%2Finventory%2F31940059390.jpg&sign=DLbvZd9d0ymIi86npTTgRHvkPZIlR__9OIvcLFTgoPQ-)
Unique broadside celebrating the visit of 2 French cosmonauts/astronauts to NASA Headquarters on Friday, April 8, 1983. The broadside is signed by both Jean-Loup Chretien and Patrick Baudry, who were at NASA to make a presentation on the results of the Soviet space flight Soyuz T-6 to the Salyut 7 space station June 24 - July 2, 1982. Chretien was a research specialist on the space fligh,t and Baudry was his backup. Chretien was the first non-American westerner in space; he later flew on an additional Soviet mission as well as on one NASA Space Shuttle mission. Baudry later flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G. Provenance: from the collection of Lee Saegesser (NASA's chief archivist for 30 years), who created the unique broadside on the verso of a NASA Photo Request form. The 2 French cosmonauts sgned the broadside for Saegesser in NASA Headquarters on the day of their presentation. The sheet is in clean and bright, with just a hint of toning, and the autographs are clear and bright. Size: 8 1/2"" X 11""
