KARL G HENIZE NASA Astronaut Signed Photograph & Hand written 1973 Letters ! RIP

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I am selling as is, no returns, this is coming from a non smoking collection.
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Signed 8 x 10 photo of Astronaut Karl G. Henize & (3) handwritten letters from 1973, never to be written again. RIP
Autograph reads: "To Anthony Polidoro Best Regards Karl G. Henize "
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In excellent condition other than 2 small thumb tact marks at the top from being displayed.
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Karl Gordon Henize
(
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;
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17 October 1926 – 5 October 1993) was an American
astronomer
,
space scientist
, NASA
astronaut
, and professor at
Northwestern University
. He was stationed at several observatories around the world, including
McCormick Observatory
,
Lamont-Hussey Observatory
(South Africa),
Mount Wilson Observatory
,
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
and
Mount Stromlo Observatory
(Australia). He was a member of the astronaut support crew for
Apollo 15
and
Skylab 2
,
3
, and
4
. As a
mission specialist
on the
Spacelab-2
mission (
STS-51-F
), he flew on
Space Shuttle
Challenger
in July/August 1985. He was awarded the
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal
in 1974.
He died in 1993, during a
Mount Everest
expedition while testing equipment for NASA.