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Sale 118
Lot 953
Important Collection of 450+ Signed Photos & Covers by the Men and Women Who Flew in the Shuttle Program STS-1 through STS-118. A spectacular archive beautifully organized in seven (7) sleeved binders encompassing a great majority of the Shuttle Missions and the men and women who flew on them. Organized alphabetically, many have a color 8 x 10" portrait signed coupled with a signed cover commemorating that particular astronaut's mission. The amount of dedication and in many cases travel, to assemble this collection impresses. While not every astronaut is represented between STS-1 through STS-113, but overall at least one is represented. There are three crew members represented here from The Challenger Disaster (STS-51-L); A beautiful signed and inscribed 8 x 10" NASA color litho by "Dick" Scobee, Commander of the mission. A handwritten note by Payload Specialist Gregory Jarvis who writes "I have been moved to FLT 51-L. I am returning your covers. Regards, Greg Jarvis" in response to the collector who had sent covers for him to sign a portion of that correspondence on the back of Jarvis' note. Finally, a beautiful signature on a cover postmarked on the launch date, Jan 28, 1986 by S. Christa McAuliffe. the first of President Reagan's "Teacher In Space Program" and selected from a staggering 11,000 applicants. Her back up Barbara Morgan is included in collection (two signed NASA lithos) after the disaster and became Teacher in Space Designee and gave lectures throughout the country. But she returned to NASA and 12 years later was selected to be a Mission Specialist and flew on STS-118. (There are no pieces from STS-107, the Columbia re-entry disaster)
Some shuttle astronauts have numerous signed photo and covers. Bruce McCandless is an example but the extra signed photos of him piloting the MMU unit in space is one of the more breathtaking photos in Shuttle history.
Notables included are several signed pieces by Astronauts Jerry L. Ross and Franklin R. Chang-Diaz who flew the most missions and Astronaut Story Musgrave who is the only man to fly on all five shuttles. Fantastic collection. Estimated Value $2,500 - UP
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