Email this lot to a friend

« Email Address (separate multiple emails with a comma)

hide

Lot 606

translate

email

CHRISTA MCAULIFFE

Sign In to see what this sold for

"I LOOK FORWARD TO MY SHUTTLE FLIGHT"

606. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE (1948-1986). Civilian spokesperson for the shuttle program, the first teacher in space killed in the Challenger disaster. TLS "Christa," 1p, 4to, n.p., [1985]. On official NASA "Teacher In Space Project" letterhead, she shares insights with a young admirer, mentioning the fateful Challenger flight. In part, "When I was 14, I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I was very, very active in scouting, just as you are. I am excited about going into space on the Shuttle and I hope that people like you are going to be interested in space as perhaps a job opportunity later on in life. I have always been the type of person who figured out that perhaps we are not the only people around in space, so UFO's have been something that I have been interested in...I look forward to my Shuttle flight in January..." Boldly signed. Fine. Est: $1800-2200

Presented by Signature House

Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

View Signature House next auction.

Similar lots up for auction