Bidspirit auction | Astronaut William Readdy signed 1988

Astronaut William Readdy signed 1988 NASA Space Shuttle T38A - N908NA FDC. William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters. He is also a veteran pilot astronaut with three space flights - STS-42, STS-51, and STS-79 on his record. Readdy joined NASA's Johnson Space Center in October 1986 as a research pilot at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, where he served as program manager for the highly modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. He was selected as an astronaut in the 1987 Group. He served in numerous support roles including: Training Officer; Safety Officer; Operations Development Branch Chief; NASA Director of Operations, Star City, Russia; Stafford Task Force; and the first manager of Space Shuttle Program Development charged with upgrading the Space Shuttle. Readdy is a veteran pilot astronaut with three space flights, STS-42 (January 22-30, 1992), STS-51 (September 12-22, 1993) and, most recently, STS-79 (September 16-26, 1996). Readdy has logged over 672 hours in space. Readdy then served as Associate Administrator, NASA HQ Office of Space Flight that has oversight for the Marshall, Kennedy, Stennis and Johnson Space Centers as well as programmatic oversight for International Space Station, Space Shuttle, Space Communications and Space Launch Vehicles. Readdy retired from NASA after 19 years of service on October 15, 2005.