Nice postcard from Russia. Thank you Irina !!!.

Nice postcardr from Russia. Thank you Lena!!!

Juri Gagarin Monument. Thank you Sveta !!!!!!!

The Chang Zheng 4A. Thank you Pu !!

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Long March 4A, also known as the Chang Zheng 4A, CZ-4A and LM-4A, sometimes misidentified as the Long March 4 due to the lack of any such designated rocket, was a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It was launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan satellite Launch Centre. It was a 3-stage rocket, used for two launches in 1988 and 1990. On its maiden flight, on 6 September 1988, it placed the FY-1A weather satellite into orbit. On its second, and final, flight it launched another weather satellite, FY-1B.

It was replaced by a derivative, the Long March 4B, which first flew in 1999 . The Long March 4B offers a more powerful third stage, and a larger payload fairing.

National Aquatics Center. Thank you Pu !

Vancouver 2010 Postcard from Canada. Thank you Mardi !!

Space Shuttle Columbia. Thank you Judy !

Against a hazy summer sky, the Space Shuttle Columbia hurtles into space atop a column of flame.

International Space Station. Thank you Judy !!

This digital image shows the International Space Station (ISS) passing over Florida. The completed station will be powered by almos an acre of solar panels and have a mass of almost one million pounds. The pressurised volume of the station will be roughly equivalent to the space inside two jumbo jets.

Apollo 15. Thank you Judy !!

An Apollo lunar module pilot, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed U.S. flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadly-Apennine landing site. The Lunar Module "Falcon" is partially visible on the right.

Apollo 11. Nice postcard. Thank you Judy !!

This spectacular launch of the Apollo 11 / Saturn V rocket, from launch complex 39-A, sends the crew of Apollo 11 to the moon.

Space Shuttle Atlantis. Thank you Judy !!

The waters near Launch Pad 39B reflect the brilliant red and orange flames form the solid rocket boasters as Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on its mission to the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Endeavour. Thank you Judy !!

Launch of The Space Shuttle Endeavor from launch pad 29B at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Space Shuttle Endeavour. Thank you Judy !

Twin columms of flame flow from the solid rocket boosters, lighting the billows of steam behind them with an orange glow, as the Space Shuttle Endeavour roars into space on its next mission.

Blazing into the night sky, the Space Shuttle Endeavour embarks on its next mission from Launch Pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

An Earth view from de Moon. Thank you Judy!!

The view from the Apollo 11 spacecraft shows the Earth rising above the Moon´s horizon. The lunar terrarin pictured is in the area of Smyth´s Sea on the near side. Coordinates of the center of the terrarin are 85 degrees east longitude and 2 degrees north.

Goddard Space Flight Center. Thank you Judy !

NASA´s global comunications system (NASCOM) is controlled from this area at Goddard Space Flight Center.


This is the operations control center for both of Goddard Space Flight Center´s tracking networks.

Robert Goddard. Thank you Judy !!

Dr. Robert H. Goddard, the foremost pioneer in the field of rocketry was responsible for the first successful launch of a liquid fueled rocket on March 12th, 1926.

Dr. Goddard was born in 1882 in Massachusetts, he carried out rocket development there and in New Mexico. He died in August of 1945 berfore his research was universally recognized.

Olympic Games Berlín 1936

They were the XI edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the Modern Era. They were held in Berlin, Germany, between August 1 and August 16, 1936.

The city of Berlin won the bid to host the Games in May of 1931 (over Barcelona City), more than one year before the appointment of Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany. Spain didn´t participate in the Games and, at the firt, the team of the United States had the intention of boycott the Games, but finally they opted for participating.

The Berlin Swimming Stadium- Used Postcard

Olympic and Nazi Postmarks

Hitler took advantage of the Games to shou the world the magnificence of the Nazism and entrusted an elaborate advertising progam to the minister of publicity Joseph Goebbels who at the the same time entrusted the upt in scene to Albert Speer and the supervision of filming to the photographer Leni Riefenstahl. In August 1, during the ignauguration of the Olympic Games of Berlin, like asample of the greatness, the Hindenmbug, flew over the Olympic Satdium moments before the apparition of Hitler.

Germany won the Games with 33 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 30 bronze medals.

Berlin 1936 Postcard with Hindenburg Postmark

My prefered postcard

This is an used postcard from the Panathinaiko Stadium, Athens. It is the only major stadium in the world built fully of white marble.

It is a very interesting postcard because, the sender mention something about "...the olympics games next year...".

The problem here is that the postmark is dated FEB - 14 - 1909 so, according to my research, the sender was referring to the Intercalated Olympic Games that had been planned for 1910.

In 1901, the IOC decided that each four years, between two Olympic Games, some Games were carried in Athens. After the succes of the Olympic Games of 1896, Athens was enthusiastic in carrying out new a Game, but it was a lot of pressure and work to carry out thes games each four years.

When the Games of Paris 1900 and St. Louis 1904 were completely darkened by the World´s Fair, Athens appeared like a salvation for the Olymplic Movement, for which the second play in Athens was organized in 1906.

Nevertheless, Athens decided that was not capable of organizing other Games for 1910 (due the Balcan´s conflict) and already for 1914 there was much less support to produce them. Finally, the First World War put an end to this idea. But eighty years later, the idea revived when was decided that the Olympic Games of Winter were carried out.

Saturno Postcard from Finland

This postcard was send by AKKI a postcrossing friend from FINLAND. Thank you AKKI!.


The cover has space stamps too.