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Topic: Signing experience: NASA's active astronauts
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-01-2014 11:20 PM
   
Mike Hopkins was great about signing today. He did a talk aimed at children about physical fitness — and frankly, I was a bit disappointed that he didn't do the Cha-Cha Slide they were playing prior to his talk.   |
Sportfanatic1
New Member Posts: 7
From: AL, USA
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 06-03-2014 02:01 PM
What do I need to send when sending to NASA astronauts through Johnson Space Center? Do I need to provide an item to sign or do they enclose their own photo? Also, I read on the address list on this site that an SASE is not required; is this correct? (Sorry for the newbie questions.) Thanks. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2286
From: West Yorkshire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 06-03-2014 02:35 PM
In my experiences they usually provide a stock photo. As you say, a ssae is not required. |
Sportfanatic1
New Member Posts: 7
From: AL, USA
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 06-04-2014 04:26 PM
Thank you!! |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-13-2014 12:14 PM
Pat Forrester, a photo I sent, sent 16 May, received 13 June. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-18-2014 12:36 PM
Terry Wilcutt, my photo, from the dedication of a (his) T-38 at Aviation Heritage Park on 14 June. |
Sportfanatic1
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From: AL, USA
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 06-22-2014 07:15 PM
Received one from Don Pettit yesterday. First one for me! |
sprocketship
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posted 06-23-2014 11:00 AM
Sorry for the ignorant question here. I'm still relatively new to this hobby.Is there a list of current astronauts employed at NASA? Also, is there a list of astronauts from previous programs who still work at NASA? Can both groups be reached through the JSC address? Thanks! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 53833
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-23-2014 11:05 AM
NASA's active astronaut list can be found here. Astronauts working in management can be found here.Only astronauts who are stationed at Johnson Space Center (or based there) can be reached through the Astronaut Office. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-23-2014 06:13 PM
And astronauts based at other NASA properties (such as Sellers) can be reached through those centers. |
Sportfanatic1
New Member Posts: 7
From: AL, USA
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 06-30-2014 11:23 AM
Received Mike Fossum Saturday, personalized. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-21-2014 11:09 PM
Mario Runco signed this weekend at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, among other (retired) astronauts. |
sprocketship
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Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 07-22-2014 09:44 AM
How much did they charge for signatures at the Intrepid?
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MarylandSpace
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posted 07-22-2014 09:59 AM
On Saturday on the Intrepid, Bobko, Edwards, Hart, Reisman, and Runco were so personable and friendly, engaging in conversation, and signed my item or their photo for free.I drove a total of 500 miles that day and it was one of my favorite astronaut encounters. I really enjoyed meeting these gentlemen. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-22-2014 10:45 AM
There was no cost other than admission to the Intrepid. The astronauts had scheduled autograph times, although most, if not all, were signing outside of those times, very personable and willing to sign more than one item, including their museum-provided cardstock litho if they had one.The lithos were like the ones sold at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Astronaut Encounter signings and in the gift shop, except these were heavier. They had the astronaut's bio on the back and were 8-1/2 x 11. (I always bring extra items, in case I run into a kid who doesn't have something to get signed. In this case, a polite adult who had only a Discovery model I gave an Endeavour litho to get signed by Runco and Edwards. Runco was walking the floor and it didn't look like he had lithos.) |
p51
Member Posts: 1790
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 07-22-2014 05:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Hart Sastrowardoyo:
The lithos were like the ones sold at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Astronaut Encounter signings and in the gift shop...
So when you do the lunch with an astronaut at KSC, you can buy photos ahead of time there? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-22-2014 06:52 PM
Never did Lunch With An Astronaut; that said, there are some astronaut photos for sale in the gift shop. My recollection, though, in the less than half a dozen trips to KSC and taking in the Astronaut Encounter is that the astronaut of the day will have their photo only at their signing. That is, for astronauts like Lousma, Reilly and Creighton, I've never seen their photos for sale in the gift shop, only at the table when they were doing their signings. |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 454
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 07-22-2014 07:29 PM
The astronaut does not sign at the lunch. However they normally appear in the Space Shop later in the afternoon for autographs, and in the shop they have pics for sale for 9.95 each. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 10-20-2014 12:30 PM
Mike Gernhardt, at Key Largo, Fl., 16 Oct. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
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posted 12-08-2014 10:28 PM
Jeff Williams, at a California appearance in October. |
Mike_The_First
Member Posts: 436
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 12-09-2014 12:26 PM
What are your experiences with sending requests through the FAX number they provide? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-09-2014 07:31 PM
If you mean to JSC, never done it. I always send individual letters, two or so at a a time. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-10-2015 06:27 PM
Clayton Anderson was signing earlier this month in Iowa. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2686
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 03-10-2015 10:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Mike_The_First:
What are your experiences with sending requests through the FAX number they provide?
Only if you also attach the litho you want signed to the fax, and if you ask them to fax it back to you, once signed...
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JBoe
Member Posts: 996
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 03-11-2015 06:00 AM
That's disappointing. I was hoping to use that means as a quick turnaround for getting the autograph returned through snail mail. Thanks for the update! |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 454
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 03-11-2015 02:29 PM
Question, has anyone sent a photo to an astronaut via the Astronaut Office to have it signed? I would include a return envelope, postage paid and everything. Just wondered if anyone has had success doing this? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-11-2015 08:04 PM
I have. Sometimes they used the SASE, sometimes they use the NASA envelope (and don't return my SASE.) I usually send a photo only if there's a specific photo I'd like signed and/or I had the photo printed out to begin with but missed their appearance. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-20-2015 07:17 PM
Mike Foreman, at Case Western Reserve University, 21 Jan. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-25-2015 07:22 PM
Charlie Bolden, STS-60 and 61C lithos, sent out 29 January 2015, received 21 March. I've met all the members of 61C over the span of 25 years, but only Steve Hawley's autograph on that 61C litho was in-person!  
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-08-2015 01:04 PM
Kevin Ford, Warsaw (Ind.) High School Performing Arts Center. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-13-2015 11:42 AM
Robert Cabana, a photo I sent within the last two months, received it today, 13 April. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-26-2015 09:53 AM
Active astronauts Drew Feustel, Michael Good, Greg C. Johnson (all part of the STS-125 crew) and Richard Linnehan (as part of the STS-109 crew) were all good at signing at Family Day at Udvar-Hazy Apr. 25. (Megan McArthur and Nancy Currie, who signed their respective crews, I noted under the Female Astronauts thread.)I missed getting Good and Ray J, *sigh*.  
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-19-2015 11:52 AM
This is a good one. Never give up on your requests, because I got a photo today from Terry Virts.I hadn't gotten an envelope from NASA's CB office in a LONG time, so I was happy to see one in my mailbox. This request was sent out on 17 June 2013 - yes, almost two years ago! - and the return envelope had a mailer strip dated 13 May. Received today, 19 May 2015. What's even more amazing is that Virts has been on-orbit since 23 November 2014! I wonder if he had signed a bunch of these pre-flight, when he was in Houston, to be sent out (note no personlization).  |
JBoe
Member Posts: 996
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 05-19-2015 04:28 PM
Hart, congrats on the Virts autograph! I zoomed in on the photo and the STS-130 patch looks more like a decal than patch. Is this a "beta cloth" one? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 53833
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-19-2015 05:02 PM
It is not beta cloth. It may be a decal (used as a stand-in for the embroidered patch, which may not have been ready at the time the portrait was taken) or it could be a superimposed digital graphic. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 05-19-2015 08:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by JBoe:
Hart, congrats on the Virts autograph!
Thanks! Now I guess I can expect a photo from Eric Boe, sent the same time. This is the longest for me between send out and getting a return from JSC, although in at least one instance the litho had a date that was a few months before the date on the postage label. |
JBoe
Member Posts: 996
From: Edgewater, MD
Registered: Oct 2012
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posted 05-19-2015 08:52 PM
Hart, let me know how it goes in receiving the Eric Boe autograph. I'd really be interested in the timeline so that I could submit a request to him. It would be really cool to have his autograph for the "Boe namesake" (don't know if we are related or not). |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-24-2016 10:47 AM
Tim Kopra, in New York, NY on 17 November. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3473
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-27-2016 12:10 PM
Joe Acaba, TTM, sent November, received back 27 December 2016. And he sent back the SASE, too. (Note: I sent my photo in a sheet protector and I'm glad I did. Water so soaked one corner of the NASA envelope that it bled brown onto my white SASE). |
Flying Dutchman
Member Posts: 161
From: Heemstede
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 08-16-2019 11:02 AM
I like to know if these few are still worth a try. I learned they where good signers. I have to write them a letter from The Netherlands: - Archambault
- Chamitoff
- Doi
- Foreman
- Good
- Johnson, Greg H.
- Lockhart
- Nyberg
- Rubins
- Satcher
- Weber
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