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FIRST
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SPACE EXPLORATION
First Day of Issue: May 29, 1992
First Issue Location: Chicago, Illinois
Once they were rivals in the conquest of space. But today
the U.S. and Russia together plan a joint mission to a
planet named for the Roman god of war. Mars has long
beckoned to the men of Earth, a mysterious ruddy orb in
the night sky. Recently, tales of canals and little green
men have given way to concrete data from unmanned
probes. Drier than any Earthly desert, Mars is still the most
likely of the planets to harbor life. Its atmosphere contains
oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and even water vapor.
And evidence suggests that at one time water flowed
there. In fact, scientists theorize Mars once had enough
water to cover the entire planet 33 feet deep! The
puzzling question remains: Where did it all go? The
design of this First Day of Issue Postcard depicts Ameri-
cans and Russians together assembling a spacecraft for
the hoped-for U.S.-Russia mission to Mars. Perhaps by
visiting the Red Planet, we can learn enough to prevent
the same type of catastrophe from happening here.
No. 92-42
First Day of Issue Postcard Collection"
©1992 Fleetwood®, Cheyenne, WY 82008-0001
Original painting for the First Day of Issue Postcard by Dean Ellis
Stamps designed by Robert McCall (USA) and Vladimir Beilin (Russia)
Heetwood
