Signed Photograph of Astronaut Charles D. Gemar
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph inscribed to Mindy. More
Washington, DC: GPO, c. 1992. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph with short biography on back. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph with inscription. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 4.75" x 8", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph. More
Washington, DC: GPO, 1980. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 signed color photograph, sticker residue on reverse. More
Washington, DC: GPO, n.d. 8" x 10", 1 photo, 1 color photograph of Jack R. Lousma, Shuttle commander, and Charles G. Fullerton, Shuttle pilot (signed by Fullerton). More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Xerox-style reproduction. Assumed only a few copies were made for media representatives. Stapled at upper left corner. ii, 110 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Three-hole punched. The contents include STS-129/ULF-3 Mission Overview; STS-129 Timeline Overview; Mission Profile; Mission Objectives; Mission Personnel; STS-129 Crew; Payload Overview; Rendezvous & Docking; Spacewalks; Experiments; Shuttle Reference Data; Launch and Landing; Acronym and Abbreviations; Media Assistance, and Public Affairs Contacts. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2010. Xerox-style reproduction. Assume relatively few copies made for media representatives. Stapled at upper left corner. ii, 104 pages, plus front cover. No rear cover. Illustrations. Three-hole punched. Logo of the United Space Alliance on the front cover. Includes STS-132/ULF4 Mission Overview; STS-132 Timeline Overview; Mission Profile; Mission Objectives; Mission Personnel; STS-132 Crew; Payload Overview; Rendezvous & Docking; Spacewalks; Experiments; History of Space Shuttle Atlantis; Shuttle Reference Data; Launch and Landing; Acronmyns and Abbreviations; Media Assistance; Public Affairs Contacts. More
Washington, DC: NASA, c. 1980's. First? Edition. First? Printing. 16, wraps, illus. PAM-512. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, c1959. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Booklet. Format is approximately 10.5 inches by 8 inches. 32 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Reference was found on page 21 to selection of candidates having begun in early 1959. Other references to early 1959 and 1958 noted. This work starts out with a brief history of the scientific inquiry into space and space travel. It the discusses sounding rockets, Satellites, Spacecraft, Space Probes, Jupiter C, Vanguard I, Juno II, Tracking Station, Manned Space Flight, Human Factors, Project Mercury, and space exploration. This is an early NASA general audience publication. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2008. Xerox-style reproduction. Assumed to be one of only a limited number made for media representatives. Stapled at upper left corner. ii, 114 pages, plus front cover. Illustrations. Three-hole punched. Front cover also includes the logo of the United Space Alliance. Contents include STS-126 Mission Overview; Timeline Overview; Mission Profile; Mission Priorities; Mission Personnel; STS-126 Endeavour Crew; Payload Overview; Rendezvous and Docking; Environmental Contol and Life Support System (ECLSS); Solar Alpha Rotary Join (SARJ); Spacewalks; Experiments; Advanced Resistive Exercise Device; Shuttle Reference Data; Launch and Landing; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Media Assistance; Public Affairs Contacts. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2011. Xerox-style reproduction, presumably one of only a few press kits produced. Stapled at upper left corner. ii, 164 pages, plus covers. This also has the logo of the United Space Alliance on the front cover. STS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed on July 21, 2011, following a one-day mission extension. The four-person crew was the smallest of any shuttle mission since STS-6 in April 1983. The mission's primary cargo was the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC), which were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight of Raffaello marked the only time that Atlantis carried an MPLM. This press kit covers the Space Shuttle History; STS-135 Mission, Timeline, Profile, and Objectives; Mission Personnel; STS-135 Atlantis Crew; Payload Overview; Rendezvous and Docking; Spacewalks; STS-135 Experiments; Shuttle Reference Data; Launch & Landing; Acronyms & Abbreviations; Media Assistance; Public Affairs Contacts; and The Future. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1989. Presumed one of multiple originals. Single sheet, printed on one side. Crew patch sticker is a circle with approximately a 3.5 inch diameter, with minor 'wing extensions. There is some soiling on the back. The paper protecting the adhesive is still present. There is no identification on the sticker for STS-33, but research confirmed this is its crew patch logo. This is the crew patch for STS-33, designed by the five crewmembers. It features a stylized falcon soaring into space to represent America's commitment to manned space flight. The crewmembers feel the falcon symbolizes courage, intelligence, tenacity, and love of flight. The orbit around Earth represents the falcon's lofty domain; the bird, with its keen vision and natural curiosity, is depicted looking forward beyond that domain to challenge the edge of the universe. The bold red feathers of the wings drawn from the American flag overlaying the random field of stars illustrate the determination to expand the boundaries of knowledge by American presence in space. The single gold star on a field of blue honors the memory of the late Rear Admiral S. David Griggs, originally assigned to this crew. STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was the 32nd shuttle mission overall, the ninth flight of Discovery, the fifth shuttle mission in support of the DoD and the last Shuttle launch of the 1980s. Due to the nature of the mission, specific details remain classified. The mission was officially designated STS-33R as the original STS-33 designator belonged to the ill-fated Challenger STS-51-L, the 25th Space Shuttle mission. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing before correction to replace Discovery with Atlantis. Single sticker sheet, printed on both sides. RARE with Discovery attribution. Approximately 5 inches at its highest and 4 inches at its widest. Some soiling noted. STS-43, the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis, was a 9 day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential use on the then-future space station and conducted a variety of medical and materials science investigations. Apparently Space Shuttle Discovery was originally intended to fly this mission. From the text on the sticker's peelable back, the STS-43 insignia portrays the evolution and continuity of the U.S. space program by highlighting 30 years of American manned spaceflight experience, from Mercury to the Space Shuttle. The emergence of the shuttle Discovery from the outlined configuration of the Mercury space capsule commemorates this special relationship. The energy and momentum of launch are conveyed by the gradations of blue which mark the shuttle's ascent from Earth to space. Once in Earth orbit, Discovery's cargo bay opens to reveal the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, which appears in gold emphasis against the white wings of Discovery and the stark blackness of space. As primary mission objective, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System will enable almost continuous communication from Earth to space for future space shuttle missions. The stars on the insignia are arranged to suggest this mission's STS number: four stars left of Shuttle and three starts to the right. NOTE: Later versions of the sticker properly reference the Shuttle Atlantis! More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Part of Apollo 40 years series. Photograph. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. Image size is approximately 6 inches by 7.25 inches. The caption reads: Walter Cronkite at the Reduced Gravity Simulator During 1 1968 visit to Langley, then-CBS News Anchorman Walter Cronkite tries out the Reduced Gravity Simulator a series of cable-supported slings designed to approximate the Moon's gravity, one-sixth that of Earth's. The reduced gravity simulate was a practical system for simulating reduced and zero-gravitational fields, such as would be encountered in space stations, for determining the effects on the self-locomotive capabilities of man when subjected to a gravitational field less than that of the Earth for a sustained period of time. One of the unknowns of space exploration was the effect of sustained weightlessness experienced by the explorers during orbital flight. In addition, the knowledge that the Moon has a reduced gravitational field equal approximately one-sixth to that of the Earth, and the knowledge that reduced gravity, as well as zero gravity or weightless conditions, for sustained periods of time would be experienced by explorers during space exploration, created a definite need for a suitable reduced gravity simulation technique for studies on Earth of mans ability to perform needed self-locomotive tasks during interplanetary exploration. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Apollo Program Office, 1971. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Single sheet, printed on both sides. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 5.5 inches, folded in half, and printed on both sides. Item has some wear and soiling. Front side has a detailed listing of events such as liftoff, Translunar Injection, Midcourse Correction, Lunar Orbit Insertion, etc. The other side continues with a listing of events but has two graphics detailing the events of Apollo 14 EVA-1 and Apollo 14 EVA-2. The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third U. S. human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. It was first conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-person spacecraft to follow the one-person Project Mercury, which put the first Americans in space. Apollo was later dedicated to President Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo. Kennedy's goal was accomplished on the Apollo 11 mission when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Apollo Lunar Module (LM) on July 20, 1969, and walked on the lunar surface and landed safely on Earth on July 24. Five subsequent Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last, Apollo 17, in December 1972. In these six spaceflights, twelve people walked on the Moon. Rare surviving Apollo 14 ephemera. More
Huntsville, AL: Marshall Space Flight Center, c. 1980. Quarto, 30, illus. (many in color), appendix, some wear to cover edges, small scratches to covers. More
Kennedy Space Center, FL: John F. Kennedy Space Center, 1983. Quarto, 4 + photo, wraps, figures, some soiling on front page. KSC Release No. 4-83, January 1983. More
Houston, TX: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, 1990. Presumed produced contemporaneously with the STS - 35 Space Mission. Pin. Diameter of the pin is approximately 2.25 inches. The pin has some wear and soiling. The background is white and around the outer border at the top is STS - 35 and at the bottom is NASA - JSC. In the center are to circles, the center one shows a Shuttle departing earth and entering a star-filled space. The out circle has the names of the crew and its main mission: Brand, Hoffman, Lounge, Parker, Gardner, Durrance, Parise, and ASTRO 1. STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, the 38th shuttle flight, and a mission devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 2 December 1990. Prior to the Challenger disaster, this mission was slated to launch in March 1986 as STS-61-E. Jon A. McBride was originally assigned to command this mission, which would have been his second spaceflight. He chose to retire from NASA in May 1989 and was replaced as mission commander by Vance D. Brand. In addition, Richard N. Richards (as pilot) and David C. Leestma (as mission specialist), were replaced by Guy S. Gardner and John M. Lounge respectively. Fifty-nine year-old Brand was the oldest astronaut to fly into space until F. Story Musgrave, 61 on STS-80 in 1996, and U.S. Senator John H. Glenn Jr., 77 when he flew on STS-95 in 1998. More
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, 1989. Presumed one of multiple originals. Pin. Pin is approximately 2.25 inches in diameter. There is some soiling on the front and back. This design is largely the same as that of the crew patch for STS-33, designed by the five crewmembers. It features a stylized falcon soaring into space to represent America's commitment to manned space flight. The crewmembers feel the falcon symbolizes courage, intelligence, tenacity, and love of flight. The orbit around Earth represents the falcon's lofty domain; the bird, with its keen vision and natural curiosity, is depicted looking forward beyond that domain to challenge the edge of the universe. The bold red feathers of the wings drawn from the American flag overlaying the random field of stars illustrate the determination to expand the boundaries of knowledge by American presence in space. The single gold star on a field of blue honors the memory of the late Rear Admiral S. David Griggs, originally assigned to this crew. STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was the 32nd shuttle mission overall, the ninth flight of Discovery, the fifth shuttle mission in support of the DoD and the last Shuttle launch of the 1980s. Due to the nature of the mission, specific details remain classified. The mission was officially designated STS-33R as the original STS-33 designator belonged to the ill-fated Challenger STS-51-L, the 25th Space Shuttle mission. More