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pharoid
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posted 07-28-2015 08:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pharoid   Click Here to Email pharoid     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
From U.S.A. members only please.

Looking to purchase an STS-6 1983 Story Musgrave flown spacesuit red stripe mounted in clear lucite disc. The lucite slots in a wooden base with metal plaque that reads "Commander's Stripe from the first Space Shuttle EVA - April 17, 1983."

Would prefer new condition; please email me with pics and price. I do have PayPal account. Thanks to all.

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posted 07-28-2015 08:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Though I have seen a presentation like this before, I do wonder about who put them together — Story Musgrave was not the commander of STS-6, and the red stripe during the space shuttle era did not denote the commander. The stripe denoted the EV-1 crew member.

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posted 07-28-2015 09:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pharoid   Click Here to Email pharoid     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I always wondered that myself. Maybe it loosely meant that he was in charge of or "commanded" the EVA. All I know about this piece is that there were 250 made. The last one I saw for sale went for around $100 and belonged to an engineer who worked on the EVA suits for this flight.

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posted 08-25-2015 07:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for pharoid   Click Here to Email pharoid     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This item is very similar to and reminds me of the Kapton Apollo-Soyuz lucite disc made by Ken Havekotte's company. Did Ken make this as well?

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posted 01-23-2017 08:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for pharoid   Click Here to Email pharoid     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can someone post a clear head-on pic of the metal plaque for this piece?

I just won an auction for one and the plaque was missing. I'm trying to get one made.

Sincerest thanks.

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