NASA Astronaut Donald H. Peterson
signed Photo
Original 8" * 10" NASA Photo showing Astronaut Donald H. Peterson in space suit. The photo is personally signed by the Astronaut with the text: "To Wayne Best wishes, Don Peterson".
Peterson, born 1933, is a graduate of the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was one of the third group of astronauts assigned to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program.
He became a NASA astronaut in September 1969 and served on the astronaut support crew for Apollo 16.
Peterson was a mission specialist on STS-6, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 4, 1983. He was accompanied by Mr. Paul J. Weitz (spacecraft commander), Col. Karol J. Bobko (pilot), and Dr. F. Story Musgrave (mission specialist). During this maiden voyage of the spacecraft Challenger, the STS-6 crew conducted numerous experiments in materials processing, recorded lightning activities, deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-A), and activated three Getaway Specials. Peterson and Musgrave conducted an extravehicular activity (EVA) to test the new suit, the Shuttle airlock, and new tools and techniques for construction and repair outside a spacecraft. After 120 hours of orbital operations STS-6 landed on the concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April 9, 1983. Peterson resigned from the Astronaut Office in November 1984 and and since that time has worked as a consultant in the area of manned aerospace operations
original signed photo in good condition
1980 - Art.Nr. 3114
