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[b]Space Cover 726: My Mom Heard The Landing![/b] We all collect space covers for a reason and all of these reasons are different. Sometimes a simple looking cover means a little something extra to the collector. Following Antoni's last post I have here a memento that is in fact a cover. Living in Central Florida we were always subject to the twin sonic booms announcing the arrival of a Space Shuttle heading for a landing at Kennedy Space Center. Sometimes they were loud and shook the building. Sometimes they were quite muffled. It all depended on the ground track. Visitors to the area would sometimes be woken up by an early morning landing. Space Cadets like me were always awake and sitting with the patio door open watching NASA TV waiting for the sonic booms and the subsequent landing. I miss those days. Pictured here is a cover commemorating STS-133 and the final landing of Space Shuttle Discovery. It has been signed by Astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore. He was the Weather Capcom for the landing and has indicated that under his signature. What makes this cover a little bit more special to me is that my parents were visiting and my mom got to hear the sonic booms for the first time! My dad had heard them once or twice before but it was nice to be sitting in my living room with my wife and parents watching the landing and hearing the sonic booms. Mom got a real kick out of it. When I sent this cover to Butch Wilmore for his signature I mentioned that my mom got to hear the sonic booms. He graciously signed the cover and added the additional information. It makes a truly nice personal memento out of a simple looking cover. What covers in your collection have personal meaning to you?
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