NASA Autographs on Cover from 1st Space Shuttle flight

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Original autographs of NASA astronaut Dan Brandenstein and NASA Flight Director Charles Lewis on a space cover commemorating the first Space Shuttle Columbia launch. The cover was postmarked on April 12, 1981 at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida and has a very nice cachet. Brandenstein was the ascent CAPCOM for the mission and Lewis served as one of the Flight Directors. The signatures are authentic. The cover is in excellent condition. Daniel Charles Brandenstein (born in 1943) is a former NASA astronaut who flew four Space Shuttle missions. Selected by NASA in January 1978, Brandenstein became an astronaut in August 1979. He was ascent spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) and a member of the astronaut support crew for STS-1 (the first flight of the Space Shuttle). He was subsequently assigned to the STS-2 astronaut support crew and was the ascent CAPCOM for the second Space Shuttle flight. A veteran of four space flights—STS-8 (August 30-September 3, 1983), STS-51G (June 17–24, 1985), STS-32 (January 9–20, 1990), and STS-49 (May 7–16, 1992) -- Brandenstein has logged over 789 hours in space. In October, 1992 Brandenstein retired from NASA. Charles Lewis (1910-1984) was a Flight Director for many NASA missions, including the Space Shuttle STS-1 flight. STS-1 was the first orbital flight of the United States Space Shuttle, launched read more

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