My Collection: This is an official NASA 8x10 litho of the STS-2 crew which Truly (pictured on the right) has autographed. There is a close-up of the autograph below the main picture.
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| Richard H. Truly | ||||||||||
| Richard Truly was selected by the United States Air Force to be a member of the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program in 1965. 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. Truly was then selected as an astronaut in NASA's seventh class (1969). He would fly into space two times. On his first mission served as the pilot of STS-2 in 1981. His second space flight came in 1983 when he served as the commander for the STS-8 mission. Truly retired from the astronaut corps in 1983 having spent 8 days in space. My Collection: This is an official NASA 8x10 litho of the STS-2 crew which Truly (pictured on the right) has autographed. There is a close-up of the autograph below the main picture. |
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