Two slightly used space suits for sale

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The spacesuits of Gennadi Strekalev (left) and Alexei Leonov (right)

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Gennadi Strekalev's Sokol KV-2 spacesuit used on Soyuz 10 in 1990

Alexei Leonov's Sokol spacesuit used in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Article Summary

More space history will go on sale in New York on May 5 when Bonhams will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Alan Shepard’s historic mission in Freedom 7 with a Space Sale. Some early highlights of the sale include a Sokol K spacesuit worn by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Project (the symbolic end to the Space Race) and a Sokol KV-2 spacesuit worn by Gennadi Strekalov during a 1990 mission to the Mir space station. Can you tell which is which?

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