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Sale 107

The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction

Space Shuttle (1981-)

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 834		Shuttle ALT Program: Two Crew Signed Photos: Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton plus Joe Engle and Richard Truly. A total of 16 ALT Flights took place, a series of taxi and flight trials of the prototype shuttle, Enterprise conducted in 1977 to test the flight characteristics when mated atop the modified 747 as well as on its own. There were two crews of two men. Crew 1, Fred Haise (also of Apollo 13) and Gordon Fullerton and Crew 2, Joe Engle and Richard Truly. Offered are two inscribed and signed 8 x 10" color photos matted to 11 x 14" both thanking a well respected Mission Control specialist and astronaut trainer. Both pieces in excellent condition. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 835		Collection of 61 Original NASA Shuttle Photos and 57 Black and White NASA Press Photos From 14 Shuttle Flights. Excellent, NASA photo collection all related to 11 Shuttle Missions, virtually every photo having "For Release" information for newspapers and other publications printed on verso in blue ink. 61 color 8 x 10's with 10 having the NASA/Johnson Space Center at top of photos printed in red. There are 57 black and white 8 x 10" photos with NASA and Headquarters Washington, D.C. in upper white margin with press information on verso. All in excellent conditon and include beautiful images frome every angle of launch photos. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 836		Large File of Shuttle Issues, Reviews, Manuals and More 1985-1988 Including Briefing Manual for Congressional Hearing. From the office of the flight director, a large file box of manuals, operations issues, microfiche files, crew activity plans, mission operations plans, mission analytics, design overviews, training program manuals, launch decision processes, documents to the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications to the House of Representatives by Richard Truly, Associate Administrator for Space Flight as well as his large briefing manual (over 100 pages) and makes for fascinating reading. A full file box containing a wide variety of issues and challenges commiserate to the scope of the Shuttle Program in the mid-1980s. Files very well kept. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $213
Lot 837		Fine Collection of Over 200 Apollo & Shuttle Program Items From a Former Employee of NASA, Photos, Patches, Stickers Badges and Buttons. Fine collection of over 200 NASA commemorative ephemera from the Apollo & Shuttle Programs from a former employee of NASA. Great for collectors of every stripe and quite a bonanza here. From the Apollo program: 19 (8x10) photos, 5 badges and 6 packs of trading cards. From the Shuttle program: 6 (11 x 14") oversized color photos (great shuttle launch images), 88 (8 x 10" NASA Photos), 6 Shuttle timelines, 21 Patches, 8 badges and 3 buttons. All in excellent condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $180
Lot 838		28 Signatures by Astronauts & Mission Control Directors On Matted Photo: Bean, Young, Slayton, Crippen, Sousma, Brand, Weitz & More. Heartfelt, hand fashioned tribute and best wishes on the retirement of an astronaut trainer and Mission Control Specialist after 30 years of service to NASA. Twenty-eight (28) signatures of astronauts including two Moonwalkers, Mission Control directors and Shuttle pilots have signed, many with inscriptions, along the mat framing a great shot of Shuttle Endeavor with modified 747 transport and F-18s. Some of those signing are Bob Crippen, Vance Brand, Bruce McCandless, Paul Weitz, Don Peterson, John Young, Flight Director Randy Stone, Jack Sousma, Al Pennington, Kathy Sullivan, Ted Guillory, Alan Bean and more. Unique item with a lot of NASA greats. 16 x 20". Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $288
Lot 839		Remarkable Trove of Handwritten Documents in 9 Spiral Notebooks & 2 Diaries, 1979-1985 + Mammoth Space Shuttle Systems Notebook. One of the best collections of handwritten notations, computations, concerns, meeting notes and more in the hand of the Flight Director from 1979-1985 who enjoyed a 31 years long career at NASA. This is an extraordinary, real-time look at the day to day challenges, operations and solutions from the post AST period and the earliest years of the Shuttle Program. Collection include two hardbound diaries, one almost full the other half filling out about half the hundred pages. Also, 9 spiral notebooks of various thickness, dated from 1981 - 1985 brimming with computations, objectives, notes and operation challenges. Finally a 1978 with 9 of the months completely filled with appointments with Aug. - Oct. completely blank. Plus a 4" thick notebook of the flight director's working Shuttle Systems Handbook tabbed into 17 chapters. OV 101, Revision A dated April 8, 1977. Hours of reading here and much to absorb a unique archive. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $719
Lot 840		STS-1 Shuttle Columbia: First Mission in Space - Flown Flag & Two Signed Photos by John Young (Moonwalker, Apollo 16) and Bob Crippin. The first Shuttle flight STS-1 ferried only a two man crew, John Young (who also walked the Moon on Apollo 16) and Bob Crippin (5 Shuttle missions). This lot consists of four items 1.) A flown US flag aboard STS-1 mounted on a presentation certificate to a Mission Control specialist and trainer. 2.) Young and Crippen signed on mat a spectacular Shuttle launch photo 3.) A Young and Crippen signed photo of Columbia landing. (Both images are 9½ x 7" and mounted on mat boards 14 x 11" with the astronauts both signing in black felt tip Flair. 4.) Also included a NASA published, 32 page color brochure inscribed to the same Mission Control specialist and astronaut trainer on the cover by "John Young, Apollo 16". All items in excellent condition. Flown US flag has normal discoloration to fabric where mounted on certificate. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,750
Lot 841		Full File Box Regarding Early Space Shuttle Materials Especially STS-1 and STS-2. Also Commission Reports on The Challenger Disaster. A full file box of press materials, briefings, 18 + files, some manuals and sizable documents from the early research of solid rocket booster, to ALT Flight Rules to early Shuttle Flights especially the first two. There are a lot of divisions at NASA represented here but all pertinent to the flight director for his files and review. Also included is a copy of the Report To The President: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster published by NASA in June, 1987. Also included is NASA departmental assessment dated May 22, 1987 review every aspect of the disaster. Also included two much shorter summary publications for each report. Impressive archive of materials and well kept. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $420
Lot 842		Unique, Heartfelt, Presentation to A Flight Director from NASA and White Sands Test Facility From Test Material. To a beloved, well respected flight director Brock "Randy" Stone whose career spanned 30+ years, a unique presentation from the employees of NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center as well as the employees of the White Sands Test Facility in recognition of his"knowledge, guidance and management style that enhanced the quality of work and the quality of life of those who had the privilige of working with you". Plaque is made of polished aluminum with epoxied sand/gypsum inset creating a near square tile with the presentation panel centered in the matrix. "The Orbiter silhouette was laser-cut from the Columbian nozzle of a prototype Orbital Maneuvering Engine for the Space Shuttle which was tested at White Sands. The Orbiter approach on gypsum signifies the STS-3 landing on March 30,1982 at White Sands Space Harbor." Plaque is 11½ x 10 x ¾" a scatterd scratch or two but otherwise in excellent conditon and likely one of a kind. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $263
Lot 843		Two Mission Control Used Manuals During Shuttle Program: STS-7 and STS 51-G Flight Data Files Malfunction Procedure and Rendezvous. Two Mission Control procedure manuals: From STS-7, Flight Data File Payload Systems Data and Malfunction Procedures, the final version dated April 20, 1983. The other is STS-51-G Flight Data File Rendezvous both the property of a Mission Control Specialist who enjoyed a 30 year career with NASA. Manuals are complete and in very fine condition exhibiting some use. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $106
Lot 844		Two 1983 Special Issues from Kennedy Space Center and US Postal Service; Flown Event Cover On Challenger & Souvenir Page $9.35 Stamp. From 1983, NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in coopertion with the US Postal Service issued two commemoratives in August of 1981. First the $9.35 Special Stamp First Day of Issue cancelled August 12, Kennedy Space Center for Express Mail for items up to two pounds. The other is flown Special Event Cover stamped "Launched August 30, 1983" and "Returned September 5, 1983" Both in perfect condition. Estimate Value $100 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $60
Lot 845		Unflown, Test Shuttle Tile, Property of 30 Years Mission Control and NASA Astronaut Training Specialist. Unflown, test Shuttle Thermal Protection Tile. Tile is 6 x 6 x 1½" inches and has four sets of serial numbers imprinted in the white silica base. There is chiping (four) to the black glass-like coating. Otherwise a great piece and these tile not easily available. Property of a former NASA Mission Control and NASA astronaut training specialist. A great piece of The Shuttle Program's history. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $132
Lot 846		STS-51J, First Flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, Presentation to the Flight Director with Hardward Piece Affixed. STS-51-J was the 21st NASA Space Shuttle mission and the first flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis which flew Oct. 3-7. Offered is a plaque recognizing the flight director for his "Outstanding Leadership As Flight Director on STS 51-J, 3 Oct. 85, The J Team". Affixed is likely a flown piece of hardware (note, sharp edges), 7 x 5 with award in overall excellent condition. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $144
Lot 847		STS-51-L (Challenger Tragedy) Two Signed Covers: Mike Smith, Pilot and S. Christa McAuliffe, Teacher. Challenger STS-51-L: Captain Mike J. Smith (1945-1986) pilot of the Challenger and Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948-1986) school teacher from Concorde, New Hampshire. Two individually signed covers. One a simple cover with postage canceled at Kennedy Space Center, November, 1981 with Smith signing in blue ball point in his usual small handwriting. McAuliff has signed boldly in red Flair a George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Rockwell International Rocketry Division. cover stamped March 15, 1980. Both are in excellent condition. Estimate Value $300 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 848		Flight Data File Crew Activity Plan STS 51-L For Challenger. STS-51-L Flight Data File Crew Activity Plan completed by Mission Operations Directorate. Activity Plans outline virtually every hour during the mission even detailing when to sleep and eat in order to stay on schedule in executing all the objectives. These plans were all printed on heavy card stock due to zero gravity conditions. This likely the back-up copy for Mission Control. Unfortunately the tragedy at lift off and including the loss of Christa McCauliff in teaching students via broadcast from the shuttle the objectives were never realized. Near to mint condition. Usually these manuals have rings in the pre-punched holes for easy flipping of each page but this manual was ultimately never used on the ground and filed away hence the condition. Estimate Value $200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $600
Lot 849		Very Rare Flown Land's End Rugby Shirt on STS-55 by NASA Astronaut and Author Who Flew 7 Missions. Highly prized flown Land's End rugby shirt embroidered with Columbia Spacelab D-2 from STS-55, Shuttle Columbia. Chris Hadfield, author of "An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth" is quoted as saying this multi-mission specialist is "the embodiment of the trustworthy, loyal, courteous and brave astronaut archetype." Fine words indeed of this celebrated astronaut. Shirt is obviously pre-owned and in excellent condition. LOA included. If image hasn't loaded, contact office directly and we will be pleased to send. Estimate Value $800 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,150
Lot 850		STS-110 Shuttle Atlantis Flown US Flag on Spectacular 4 Color Photo Montage With Over 40 Signatures All in Silver Pen. Spectacular award presentation piece for the dedication and service of an astronaut trainer and Mission Control specialist from The Astronaut Office of NASA boasting over 40 signatures. Included are several crews from Shuttle flights including STS-110 and many ground crew. Four photos create the presentation including Atlantis' launch, the cargo doors open to reveal the truss segment for the Space Station, a great image of the Station and two crewmen walking in space. Centered is the flown flag all beautifully matted. Presentation with double mat measures 16 x 20". One of the nicest Shuttle presentations we have seen. Estimate Value $500 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $480
Lot 851		11 Soviet Russia Presentation Enamel Medallions/Badges Celebrating Soviet and US Space Achievements. A most unusual set of 11 different 40 mm enamel medallions; gold, white, blue, black and green badges depicting the accomplishments of Soviet and US/Soviet missions. Center of each medallion (or badges, these actually have screw backs) is an attached piece of metal depicting the event being commemorated. An appealing, unusual set. Excellent condition. Estimate Value $250 - UP The Ora Eads Collection. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $94