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Group 5 Astronaut Portrait. An 11x14 inch color photograph of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in 1966 who dubbed themselves the "Original 19."
Group 5 Astronaut Portrait. An 11x14 inch color photograph of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in 1966 who dubbed themselves the "Original 19." The photograph represents a microcosm of the space flight events at NASA from the late 1960s through the 1980s as viewed via the mission careers of each astronaut selected. Two would never fly, three would have to wait over 15 years to fly, four made their first flight in the Skylab Program, and less that half were to make the ultimate goal - an Apollo lunar flight, with only two getting the highest prize: actually walking on the Moon. NASA/MSC, 1967
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Notes: extremely rare, one of the first group 5 "original 19" signed portraits directly from a group 5 member to come to public auction.
The print is signed by all Group 5 members except Ed Givens, would died in an automobile accident just months after his selection.
Signed in 1967 by Jack Swigert* (Apollo 13), Bill Pogue (Skylab 3), Ron Evans* (Apollo 17), Paul Weitz (Skylab 1 and STS-6), Jim Irwin* (Apollo 15 Moonwalker), Jerry Carr (Skylab 3), Stewart A. Roosa* (Apollo 14), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Ken Mattingly (Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51C), Jack Lousma (Skylab 2 and STS 3), Ed Mitchell (Apollo 14), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), Don Lind (STS 51B), Fred W. Haise (Apollo 13), Joe Engle (STS 2 and 51I), Vance Brand (ASTP, STS 5 and 41B), John S. Bull (did not fly in space), and Bruce McCandless II (STS 41B). The * indicates the four astronauts who have since died.
On the reverse side of the print, Paul Weitz has inscribed and signed: "Our official "Group 5" ("Original 19") photo taken and autographed in 1967. Paul Weitz (then) LCDR, USN."
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April 2, 2005 12:00 AM EST
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