NASA AUTOGRAPH, HAND SIGNED Astronaut JON MCBRIDE, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER PHOTO
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8 x 10 COLOR PHOTO-, Signed by STS-41-G Astronaut JON MCBRIDE- NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, McBride became an astronaut in August 1979. His NASA assignments have included lead chase pilot for the maiden voyage of Columbia; software verification in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for STS-5, STS-6, and STS-7; Flight Data File (FDF) Manager, and orbital rendezvous procedures development.McBri...de was pilot of STS 41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 5, 1984, aboard the Orbiter Challenger. This was the first crew of seven. During their eight day mission, crew members deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, conducted scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling with an EVA and associated hydrazine transfer. Mission duration was 197 hours and concluded with a landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 13, 1984.McBride was scheduled to fly next in March 1986, as the commander of STS 61-E crew. This flight was one of several deferred by NASA in the wake of the Challenger accident in January 1986.CrewPositionAstronautCommander Jon McBrideSecond spaceflightPilot Richard N. RichardsFirst spaceflightMission Specialist 1 (Payload Commander) David LeestmaSecond spaceflightMission Specialist 2 Jeffrey A. HoffmanSecond spaceflightMission Specialist 3 Robert A. ParkerSecond spaceflightPayload Specialist 1 Samuel T. DurranceFirst spaceflightPayload Specialist 2 Ronald A. PariseFirst spaceflight
