Beschreibung:

Fiberglass and metal model of a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft with Soyuz-FG rocket, 64-1/2 inches (1,638 mm) high, on 10-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (260 x 260 mm) black painted base, with plaque reading: Soyuz TMA-21 Space Rocket Model - RKK Energia, 2011. Decorated on the upper (spacecraft) portion with Russian Federation and U.S. flags, Roscosmos logos, and a 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first space flight commemorative paint scheme. TMA-21, nicknamed "Gagarin," carried the three members of Expedition 27—Aleksandr Samokutyayev, Andrei Borisenko, and NASA Astronaut Ronald J. Garan—to the International Space Station on April 4, 2011. The flight was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first manned spaceflight. The livery bears an image of Gagarin on the booster.