Signed 8 x10 NASA Astronaut Photo Autograph COA Owen Garriott Columbia Skylab 3

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Signed 8 x10 NASA Astronaut Photo Autograph COA Owen Garriott Shuttle Columbia and Skylab 3
You will receive this authentically-autographed 8" x 10" photograph. Also included is a one page letter with a short biography that the astronaut personally wrote (with
facsimile signature)
and our COA Certificate of Authenticity from toylandbay in an archival sleeve to protect, store, and display your with your collection of astronaut photos and correspondences. This was obtained directly from the The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation from a series offered with a limited number of NASA Astronaut Autographed pictures.
Owen Kay Garriott (November 22, 1930 – April 15, 2019) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a Space Shuttle mission in 1983.vAfter serving in the United States Navy, Garriott was an engineering professor at Stanford University before attending the United States Air Force Pilot Training Program and later joining NASA. After his NASA career, he worked for various aerospace companies, consulted on NASA-related committees, taught as an adjunct professor, and conducted research on microbes found in extreme environments.
In 1965, Garriott was one of the six scientist-astronauts selected by NASA. His first spaceflight, the Skylab 3 mission in 1973, set a world record for duration of approximately 60 days, more than double the previous record. Extensive experiments were conducted of the Sun, of Earth resources and in various life sciences relating to human adaptation to weightlessness. His second space flight was aboard STS-9 (Spacelab-1) in 1983, a multidisciplinary and international mission of 10 days aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. Over 70 separate experiments in six different disciplines were conducted, primarily to demonstrate the suitability of Spacelab for research in all these areas. He operated the world's first amateur radio station from space, W5LFL, which expanded into an important activity on dozens of shuttle flights, Space Station Mir and the International Space Station, with scores of astronauts and cosmonauts participating.
Born
Owen Kay Garriott November 22, 1930 Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died
April 15, 2019 (aged 88) Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Oklahoma, B.S. 1953 - Stanford University, M.S. 1957, Ph.D. 1960
Occupation
Engineer
Awards
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA Astronaut
Time in space
69d 18h 56m
Selection
1965 NASA Group 4
Total EVAs
3
Total EVA time
13 hours 43 minutes
Missions
Skylab 3, STS-9
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