Bidspirit auction | Astronaut Richard N Richards signed

Astronaut Richard N Richards signed 1980 NASA Space Shuttle NASA 920 FDC. Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in May 1980, Richards became an astronaut in August 1981. He served as ascent CAPCOM for STS-51F, passing up the ”Abort ATO” call when Challenger's centre engine went down. Richards flew on four missions: STS-28 (August 8-13, 1989), STS-41 (October 6-10, 1990), STS-50 (June 25 - July 9, 1992), and STS-64 (September 9-20, 1994)--and logged a total of 33 days, 21 hours, 32 minutes, 15 seconds in space. In April 1995, Richards left the Astronaut Office, and was assigned to the Space Shuttle Program Office at the Johnson Space Center. He was designated as the Mission Director/Manager for the second Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Space Shuttle Mission (STS-82), and Mission Manager for the second Tethered Satellite System Space Shuttle mission (STS-75).