Bidspirit auction | Astronaut Bryan D. O'Connor signed

Astronaut Bryan D. O'Connor signed NASA 10x8 inch colour photo. Dedicated. NASA Space Shuttle. Space missions: STS-61-B. STS-40. STS-61-M. O'Connor was selected as an astronaut in May 1980. After a one-year initial training program at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Texas. O'Connor served in a variety of functions in support of the first test flights of the Space Shuttle. including simulator test pilot for STS-1 and STS-2. safety/photo chase pilot for STS-3. and support crew for STS-4. He was CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) for STS-5 through STS-9. He also served as Aviation Safety Officer for the NASA Astronaut Corps. When the Challenger and its crew were lost in January 1986. O'Connor was given a number of safety and management assignments over the next three years as the Space Agency recovered from the disaster. In the first days after the accident. he organized the initial wreckage reassembly activities at Cape Canaveral. Then he established and managed the operation of the NASA Headquarters Action Center. the link between NASA and the Presidential Blue Ribbon Accident Investigation Panel (The Rogers Commission). In March 1986 he was assigned duties as Assistant (Operations) to the Space Shuttle Program Manager. as well as first Chairman of NASA's new Space Flight Safety Panel: jobs he held until February 1988 and 1989 respectively. He subsequently served as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations from February 1988 until August 1991. O'Connor has flown over 5. 000 hours in over 40 types of aircraft. A veteran of two space flights. he has over 386 hours in space. covering five and three quarter million miles in 253 orbits of the Earth. O'Connor was pilot on STS-61-B in 1985 and was crew commander on STS-40 in 1991. Single Vendor autograph collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99