My Collection: This is an official NASA 8x10 litho which he has autographed and inscribed with a gold pen.
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| Franklin R. Chang-Diaz | ||||||||
| Franklin Chang-Diaz was selected as an astronaut in NASA's ninth class (1980). So far he has flown on a record tying seven space shuttle missions. In 1986, he served as a mission specialist for the STS-61-C mission, this would be the final shuttle mission before the Challenger disaster. Next he was a mission specialist on STS-34 which flew in 1989, this was the mission that deployed the famous Galileo probe that was going to Jupiter. His third mission was STS-46 on which he served as a missions specialist in 1992. Next he flew as one of the mission specialists on the 1994 flight of STS-60. His fifth mission came in 1996 when he served as payload commander on STS-75. He was also a mission specialist on STS-91 in 1998 and later on STS-111 in 2002. During his seven missions, Chang-Diaz has logged 66 days in space. My Collection: This is an official NASA 8x10 litho which he has autographed and inscribed with a gold pen. |
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