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Postcards: Space

Many modern cards are as interesting as their older counterparts and a good collection can be formed very cheaply. What makes a modern card worth collecting will depend on individual taste. However, a good guide for anyone wishing to start a collection is to choose strong subjects, buy the more unusual and distinctive cards, and avoid views and subjects which are 'time-less'. Few subjects better reflect the achievements of mankind in the modern ear than the exploration of space.

Mercury Atlas Vehicle MA-6 being readied for launch. Aboard the spacecraft 'Friendship 7' is Marine Lieutenant Colonel John Glenn who on this historic day, February 20, 1962, was the first U.S. Astronaut to orbit the earth.

Challenger blasts off from Complex 39A of the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, to begin the STS-8 mission with the first nighttime launch of the Shuttle, August 30, 1983

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This page was started on 21/11/99 and last updated on 21/11/99.