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Dr. Faget's Shuttle Astronaut autographed material Includes:
12 – 21 July 2021, 16:00 PDT
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Dr. Faget's Shuttle Astronaut autographed material
Includes:
1. THE ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES OF 1980.
Composite photolithograph, 10 by 8 inches, of the 21 Astronaut candidates selected in January, 1980.
Signed by all 21 candidates below their individual portraits. Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed from those candidates to Dr Faget, January 13, 1981, which reads in part: "Thank you again for speaking to us on the 'History of Manned Spaceflight.' Your contributions to spacecraft design, from Mercury to space Shuttle, are an inspiration to us all." The candidates were James Bagian, John Blaha, Charles Bolden, Roy Bridges, Franklin Chang, Mary Cleave, Bonnie Dunbar, Bill Fisher, Guy Gardner, Ronald Grabe, Dave Hilmers, Dave Leestma, Mike Lounge*, Claude Nicollier, Wubbo Ockels*, Bryan O'Connor, Richard Richards, Jerry Ross, Mike Smith*, Woody Spring, and Bob Springer. Every candidate except Bonnie Dunbar has signed the letter. Mike Smith was lost on Space Shuttle Challenger (STS 51L). Additionally, Mike Lounge and Wubbo Ockels have since died. Together in original NASA envelope.
2. ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1984.
Color photograph, 7 by 9½ inch, of the 1984 Astronauts posing with a Space Shuttle model, captioned in manuscript on the original mat: "To Max Faget—With our thanks & Best Wishes. The Astronaut Class of 1984," framed to 12 by 15 inches.
Signed by 14 astronauts.
Often after his retirement from NASA in 1981, Dr. Faget would return to NASA-JSC to talk to each new astronaut class describing his NASA experiences from Mercury to the Space Shuttle. The lower part of the mat has been signed by: Mark M. Brown, Ken Cameron, John Casper, Sonny Carter*, Sid Gutierrez, Blaine Hammond, Marsha Ivans, David Low*, Mark Lee, William Shepherd, Ellen Shulman, Kathy Thornton, Lacy Veach*, and Jim Wetherbee. Frank Culbertson, Michael McCully, and James Adamson have not signed.
* Deceased.
Provenance: From the Estate of Max Faget.
Dr. Maxime "Max" A. Faget (1921–2004) received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1943, then served as a U.S. Navy submarine officer in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1946. When NACA became NASA in 1958, he was heavily involved in Project Mercury as the lead spacecraft designer and developed the concept for the Mercury escape rocket which was later applied during the Apollo Program. His next work was in the development of the Space Shuttle during the very late 1960s and early 1970s. During his career he wrote or co-author dozens of technical papers and books on many topics relating to aircraft, rocketry, spacecraft design and reentry. Dr. Faget retired from NASA in 1981.
1. THE ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES OF 1980.
Composite photolithograph, 10 by 8 inches, of the 21 Astronaut candidates selected in January, 1980.
Signed by all 21 candidates below their individual portraits. Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed from those candidates to Dr Faget, January 13, 1981, which reads in part: "Thank you again for speaking to us on the 'History of Manned Spaceflight.' Your contributions to spacecraft design, from Mercury to space Shuttle, are an inspiration to us all." The candidates were James Bagian, John Blaha, Charles Bolden, Roy Bridges, Franklin Chang, Mary Cleave, Bonnie Dunbar, Bill Fisher, Guy Gardner, Ronald Grabe, Dave Hilmers, Dave Leestma, Mike Lounge*, Claude Nicollier, Wubbo Ockels*, Bryan O'Connor, Richard Richards, Jerry Ross, Mike Smith*, Woody Spring, and Bob Springer. Every candidate except Bonnie Dunbar has signed the letter. Mike Smith was lost on Space Shuttle Challenger (STS 51L). Additionally, Mike Lounge and Wubbo Ockels have since died. Together in original NASA envelope.
2. ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1984.
Color photograph, 7 by 9½ inch, of the 1984 Astronauts posing with a Space Shuttle model, captioned in manuscript on the original mat: "To Max Faget—With our thanks & Best Wishes. The Astronaut Class of 1984," framed to 12 by 15 inches.
Signed by 14 astronauts.
Often after his retirement from NASA in 1981, Dr. Faget would return to NASA-JSC to talk to each new astronaut class describing his NASA experiences from Mercury to the Space Shuttle. The lower part of the mat has been signed by: Mark M. Brown, Ken Cameron, John Casper, Sonny Carter*, Sid Gutierrez, Blaine Hammond, Marsha Ivans, David Low*, Mark Lee, William Shepherd, Ellen Shulman, Kathy Thornton, Lacy Veach*, and Jim Wetherbee. Frank Culbertson, Michael McCully, and James Adamson have not signed.
* Deceased.
Provenance: From the Estate of Max Faget.
Dr. Maxime "Max" A. Faget (1921–2004) received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University in 1943, then served as a U.S. Navy submarine officer in the South Pacific during World War II. After the war, he joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1946. When NACA became NASA in 1958, he was heavily involved in Project Mercury as the lead spacecraft designer and developed the concept for the Mercury escape rocket which was later applied during the Apollo Program. His next work was in the development of the Space Shuttle during the very late 1960s and early 1970s. During his career he wrote or co-author dozens of technical papers and books on many topics relating to aircraft, rocketry, spacecraft design and reentry. Dr. Faget retired from NASA in 1981.