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NASA COLOR PRINTED PHOTOS - LOT of 7 - African American Astronauts - Apollo 8
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up for a true auction.........a lot of 7 - NASA Color Printed Photos. These are NOT like the other listings - these are NOT official space program photos - these are printed on paper/cardboard - and have descriptions on the back of what they are. Looks some kind of marketing piece or something similar.
this is what is included in the Lot::
Apollo 8 Launch from Kennedy Space Center - December 1968
Saturn - "Best View of Saturn" - two of these are included in the lot
The Earth in color from 22,300 miles in space - on the back it says its from November 1967
Picture of three of the 35 new astronauts from January 1978 - with an early model of the space shuttle - two are African American
Picture of four African American astronauts - two of these are included in the lot. There is no date on this photo/piece. All 4 of them flew in space many times - and one of them is Ronald McNair - who died in the Challenger explosion.
Information i found online four these four::::
Name
Birth date
Note
Missions (launch date)
Sources
1
Guion Bluford
November 22, 1942
First African-American astronaut in space
STS-8
(August 30, 1983)
STS-61-A
(October 30, 1985)
STS-39
(April 28, 1991)
STS-53
(December 2, 1992)
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2
Ronald McNair
October 21, 1950
†January 28, 1986
Died in the
Space Shuttle
Challenger
disaster
STS-41-B
(February 3, 1984)
STS-51-L
(January 28, 1986)
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3
Frederick D. Gregory
January 7, 1941
First African American to pilot and command a Space Shuttle mission; acting
Administrator of NASA
, 2005
STS-51-B
(April 29, 1985)
STS-33
(November 22, 1989)
STS-44
(November 24, 1991)
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4
Charles Bolden
August 19, 1946
Administrator of NASA
, July 17, 2009 – January 20, 2017
STS-61-C
(January 12, 1986)
STS-31
(April 24, 1990)
STS-45
(March 24, 1992)
STS-60
(February 3, 1994)
These have an interesting history ...........
All of these items are from the estate of Mildred F. Fridie – an African-American woman, who personally worked at NASA from 1961, the year of the first Mercury flight thru 1985, when the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station were well established. She worked out of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Many of these items were presented only to NASA staff, some personally by an Astronaut, and others were available to the public at the time. I am selling these for the family.
Please keep an eye out for my other listings - as I will be putting up alot of Mildreds personal NASA memorabilia - as well as more NASA official photos, etc. I am selling a few lots and have attempted to keep similar ones or themes together.
All of these particular photos/pieces have a description of them on the back - and I have included pics of the backs of each. See the pics
Condition: all are in very good all original condition - just some yellowing of the white border from age
Shipping: Either by USPS Media Mail or First Class mail - most likely thru Stamps.com - i will see once sold and let you know. All items sold for the estate are being sold as is and as found - no returns accepted. Happy to combine shipping with other stuff i am selling.
if you want more information or pics of the items - please contact me.