Richard N. Stone Jr. – NASA Thermal Test Section Chief – Autographed Carried Cover ̵

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Richard N. Stone Jr. autographed commemorative cover carried by the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center and postmarked December 12, 1979, in Huntsville, Alabama. This cover documents a test conducted using a solid rocket booster Thermal Protection System (TPS) in the Modified Hot Gas Facility #655. Stone has signed in black ink at the bottom with his title noted as “Thermal Test Section Chief.” The purpose of the flight was to evaluate the SRB TPS, with the outcome marked as “Successful.”

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Richard N. Stone Jr. was a key figure in thermal systems testing during NASA’s development of the Space Shuttle. As Thermal Test Section Chief at Marshall Space Flight Center, he played a critical role in ensuring the safety and performance of heat shielding systems on shuttle solid rocket boosters. This cover offers a rare insight into early technical groundwork that supported shuttle launch integrity.

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