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Apollo 13 Hand Signed By Astronaut Fred Haise Grumman Achievement Award - Rare -

$ 42.21

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Signed: Yes
  • Condition: Given in recognition of contribution of thermal canister for first shuttle payload - Shows some age, framed (5x7) - Given to Earl Baker and Signed by Fred Haise - No COA
  • Exploration Missions: Apollo
  • Year: 1980's
  • Type: Grumman Employee Award

    Description

    From the estate of a Grumman employee that worked on the shuttles thermal canister team uses on the shuttle's first payload mission from March 22-30 1982. At that time the lunar lander pilot of the Apollo 13 was Fred Haise (1976-1996) was working at Grumman and it is his signature that appears on the bottom as the presenter. If you collect Grumman then this insiders piece is for you and one that none of you buddies will be able to match. More information on Fred Haise will follow,
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    ***  Fred Wallace Haise Jr. is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having flown as Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 13. He was to have been the sixth person to land and walk on the Moon, but the Apollo 13 mission was aborted before lunar landing. ***