SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) – The broken-down Russian MIR space station may be on its last legs, but there’s no shortage of spacey souvenirs thanks to a Cold War mail order outfit called “The Sovietski Collection.”
The company is selling a genuine cosmonaut space suit for a “MIR” $14,500. The flight suit is made out of white nylon and canvas and features a rubberized cloth lining, a pressurized hood and a leather helmet with built-in microphone headset.
The suit belonged to a cosmonaut named Alexander Alexandrov who joined the Soviet space program in 1965.
The Sovietski company is also negotiating to purchase a toddler-sized space suit, which, although never used, was part of a failed Soviet attempt to send a family of four into space.
CONTACT: Fatemeh Khatibloo (press contact); San Diego, CA; (619)
294-****; To order catalog, call 1-800-442-****.
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