Lot 700
STS-102, 2001, Astronaut Jim Voss' Land's End Golf Shirt. This green, gray and blue knit shirt (size M) has an embroidered logo "STS-102/5A.1 / Discovery"on the chest and "Voss" marked in blue ink inside the collar. As a rule, these shirts were worn by the astronauts on the Shuttle and onboard the International Space Station. We can't definitively say that this shirt was flown, but the odds are it was.
The STS-102/5A.1 mission was added to the ISS schedule of flights in 1998 to relieve the work load and payload of the preceeding and successive shuttle missions to the ISS, the 5A flight adding the US lab, and the 6A flight adding the Canadian Space Station Remote Manipulator. By adding the 5A.1 mission to the schedule, more logistics could be carried to the station, EVA's could be accomplished at a slower safer pace, and integration of racks into the US Lab could happen over a longer period of time requiring fewer resources and personnel on the ground and in space
Voss returned to Earth onboard STS-105 in August 2001. This shirt saw a lot of history being made.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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| Realized $84 |
