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[b]Space Cover 606: One of the Earliest STS Covers[/b] President Richard Nixon approved a $5.5 billion program to develop the space shuttle in January 1972. Covers related to the shuttle program are relatively hard to find prior to October 1974 when Robert Rank began his detailed series of Space Voyage covers that literally covered several thousand tests during the Shuttle program lifetime. This image shows one of Rank's earliest shuttle test covers. A 12 foot — a 6.8% scale model — space shuttle model was created. This model underwent a set of static test firings at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The cover depicted was for the third acoustic test, liquids only, and the engine run at less than full power on October 29, 1974. The test objective was to measure stress, vibration, and noise levels. This series of tests are usually the earliest covers that appear in space shuttle collections that contain events other than the actual shuttle flights themselves. Because of this, the value of these early space shuttle tests tend to be significantly above the typical space shuttle test covers. Anyone have earlier shuttle covers to share? So if you find one (or better yet the set of them) in a dealer dollar box you just might want to grab it!
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T O P I C R E V I E Wyeknom-ecapsSpace Cover of the Week, Week 606, May 2, 2021 Space Cover 606: One of the Earliest STS CoversPresident Richard Nixon approved a $5.5 billion program to develop the space shuttle in January 1972.Covers related to the shuttle program are relatively hard to find prior to October 1974 when Robert Rank began his detailed series of Space Voyage covers that literally covered several thousand tests during the Shuttle program lifetime.This image shows one of Rank's earliest shuttle test covers. A 12 foot — a 6.8% scale model — space shuttle model was created. This model underwent a set of static test firings at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.The cover depicted was for the third acoustic test, liquids only, and the engine run at less than full power on October 29, 1974. The test objective was to measure stress, vibration, and noise levels.This series of tests are usually the earliest covers that appear in space shuttle collections that contain events other than the actual shuttle flights themselves. Because of this, the value of these early space shuttle tests tend to be significantly above the typical space shuttle test covers.Anyone have earlier shuttle covers to share?So if you find one (or better yet the set of them) in a dealer dollar box you just might want to grab it!Ken HavekotteOne of my favorite early shuttle test series, Tom, since I was able to acquire many carried covers that had been "attached to" the 12-foot acoustic model firings. I'll post a few here soon (non-Rank) along with perhaps a few other earlier shuttle program and test covers before 1974 (as early as 1971) that had been created by Rank and others as the 1970's were a very busy and exciting time for us space cover collectors.yeknom-ecapsThanks Ken, look forward to seeing them. I really like collecting carried covers. The first one I obtained for my collection was the one you did for ASTP rollout!Ken Havekotte
Space Cover 606: One of the Earliest STS CoversPresident Richard Nixon approved a $5.5 billion program to develop the space shuttle in January 1972.Covers related to the shuttle program are relatively hard to find prior to October 1974 when Robert Rank began his detailed series of Space Voyage covers that literally covered several thousand tests during the Shuttle program lifetime.This image shows one of Rank's earliest shuttle test covers. A 12 foot — a 6.8% scale model — space shuttle model was created. This model underwent a set of static test firings at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.The cover depicted was for the third acoustic test, liquids only, and the engine run at less than full power on October 29, 1974. The test objective was to measure stress, vibration, and noise levels.This series of tests are usually the earliest covers that appear in space shuttle collections that contain events other than the actual shuttle flights themselves. Because of this, the value of these early space shuttle tests tend to be significantly above the typical space shuttle test covers.Anyone have earlier shuttle covers to share?So if you find one (or better yet the set of them) in a dealer dollar box you just might want to grab it!
President Richard Nixon approved a $5.5 billion program to develop the space shuttle in January 1972.
Covers related to the shuttle program are relatively hard to find prior to October 1974 when Robert Rank began his detailed series of Space Voyage covers that literally covered several thousand tests during the Shuttle program lifetime.
This image shows one of Rank's earliest shuttle test covers. A 12 foot — a 6.8% scale model — space shuttle model was created. This model underwent a set of static test firings at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
The cover depicted was for the third acoustic test, liquids only, and the engine run at less than full power on October 29, 1974. The test objective was to measure stress, vibration, and noise levels.
This series of tests are usually the earliest covers that appear in space shuttle collections that contain events other than the actual shuttle flights themselves. Because of this, the value of these early space shuttle tests tend to be significantly above the typical space shuttle test covers.
Anyone have earlier shuttle covers to share?
So if you find one (or better yet the set of them) in a dealer dollar box you just might want to grab it!
I'll post a few here soon (non-Rank) along with perhaps a few other earlier shuttle program and test covers before 1974 (as early as 1971) that had been created by Rank and others as the 1970's were a very busy and exciting time for us space cover collectors.
I really like collecting carried covers. The first one I obtained for my collection was the one you did for ASTP rollout!
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