STS-31 - Astronaut: Loren Shriver AUTOGRAPH,HUBBLE TELESCOPE MISSION

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STS-31 - Astronaut: Loren Shriver AUTOGRAPH,HUBBLE TELESCOPE MISSION
8 X 10 Color Photo- STS-31 HUBBLE TELESCOPE MISSION PHOTO, Signed by STS-31 COMMANDER- Astronaut: Loren Shriver. He was chosen with the 1st Group of Shuttle Astronauts in 1978-Group 8. Great Signature "LOREN SHRIVER CDR STS-31 ASTRONAUT" Shriver was selected as an astronaut by NASA in January 1978. In September of 1982, he was selected as pilot for the first Department of Defense (DoD) mission, STS-10. That mission was later canceled. A veteran of three space flights, Shriver flew on STS-51C in 1985, STS-31 in 1990, and STS-46 in 1992, and has logged over 386 hours in space. In October 1992, he was assigned as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office. Shriver was pilot of STS-51C which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on January 24, 1985. STS-51C performed its DoD mission which included deployment of a modified Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) vehicle from the Space Shuttle's payload bay. Landing occurred on January 27, 1985, after slightly more than 3 days on orbit. Mission duration was 73 hours 33 minutes 27 seconds. On his second mission, Shriver commanded a crew of five. STS-31 launched on April 24, 1990, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During the 5-day mission, crew members deployed the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and conducted a variety of middeck experiments involving the study of protein crystal growth, polymer membrane processing, and the effects of weightlessness and magnetic fields on an ion arc. They also operated a variety of cameras, including both the IMAX in-cabin and cargo bay cameras for Earth observations from their then record-setting altitude of 333 nautical miles. Mission duration was 121 hours 16 minutes 6 seconds. Following 76 orbits of the Earth, STS-31 Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April 29, 1990. As spacecraft commander of STS-46, Shriver and his crew launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 31, 1992. STS-46 was an 8-day mission, during which crew members deployed the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite (an ESA-sponsored free-flying science platform), and conducted the first Tethered Satellite System (TSS) test flight (a joint project between NASA and the Italian Space Agency). Mission duration was 191 hours 16 minutes 7 seconds. After completing 126 orbits of the Earth, Space Shuttle Atlantis landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 8, 1992, having traveled 3.35 million miles. He was also Assigned to the Challenger STS-61M Mission, the Flight was cancelled after the Challenger Disaster * +++++++++++++++++++++++Combining Lots between two auctions, I will be happy to combine two auctions To save you additional postage- Please pay for these lot/lots & postage. If you are successful in the second auction I will bill you for the additional lot, With no additional postage charges. If you do not win any lots in the second auction, I can just ship the lot to you And not have to bill you again, and wait for payment Thank You Sean Marsar
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