Note: Only forum leaders may delete posts.
*HTML is ON *UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend
Smilies Legend
Commander's cover: An envelope's flight through space, time and eBay [i]The last time that Richard Truly saw it, it was on board the space shuttle Challenger 38 years ago. The small envelope, bearing a $9.35 Express Mail stamp and a special Aug. 14, 1983 postmark identifying it as "Space Mail Orbited Via STS-8," was then newly-autographed by Truly and his four STS-8 crewmates. Although there were more than 260,000 similar envelopes flying on that same mission, this one was special: serialized on its back as number "3," it was one of only 10 to be signed by all five astronauts and it was earmarked for Truly. But Truly never received it. "To be honest, I don't have any proof which serial number was intended for me. All I know is I never got it," said Truly, who was commander of the STS-8 mission and later served as NASA administrator. "The other four crew members got theirs, but I was the only stamp collector." Flash forward almost 40 years and the envelope reappeared — on eBay...[/i]
Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts
Copyright 1999-2024 collectSPACE. All rights reserved.