My Collection: I have two autographs of Robert Crippen in my collection. Pictured above is an 8x10 official litho of Crippen taken prior to his STS-1 flight, it has been autographed and inscribed. Below is an autographed 3x5 unlined notecard.
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| Robert L. Crippen | ||||||||||
| Robert Crippen was selected by the United States Air Force to be a member of the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program in 1966. This was a plan in the developed by the U.S. Department of the Defense to be basically a manned orbiting spy satellite. The MOL program was cancelled in June of 1969. Crippen was then selected as an astronaut in NASA's seventh class (1969). He would fly into space four times. Crippen's first mission was the first flight of the space shuttle program and the maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle Columbia. He served as the pilot of this mission, known as STS-1, in April of 1981. His second space flight came in 1983 when he served as the commander for the STS-7 mission. He would then go on to command STS-41-C in April of 1984 and finish his career by commanding STS-41-G in October of 1984. Crippen retired from NASA in 1991 having spent 23 days in space. My Collection: I have two autographs of Robert Crippen in my collection. Pictured above is an 8x10 official litho of Crippen taken prior to his STS-1 flight, it has been autographed and inscribed. Below is an autographed 3x5 unlined notecard. |
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