Color glossy 13.25 x 10.25 photo of the Space Shuttle Enterprises, affixed to its original 19.5 x 15.5 mount, inscribed at the top of the mount in an unknown hand to NASA Command Controller Ed Barker, "Presented to Ed Barker, who saw it all and helped make it happen. Don't forget us because we won't forget you-especially at 'T minus 30,' God's Speed, 'Mr. Ed,'" and signed on the mount by 50 astronauts representing the Apollo, Skylab, and Space Shuttle programs, including: John Young, Alan Bean, Ellison Onizuka, Dick Scobee, Judy Resnik, Ron McNair, Bob Crippen, Ed Gibson, Gordon Fullerton, Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Joe Engle, Vance Brand, Steve Nagel, Don Peterson, Steven Hawley, Karol J. Bobko, Rhea Seddon, Brewster Shaw, Joe Allen, John M. Fabian, Tony England, George Nelson, Richard Truly, Mike Mullane, John Creighton, Norm Thagard, Paul Weitz, Kathryn Sullivan, Dale Gardner, Rick Hauck, Bob Stewart, Hoot Gibson, Don Lind, James van Hoften, Loren Shriver, Fred Gregory, Michael Coats, Dan Brandenstein, Dick Covey, Jeff Hoffman, and administrator George Abbey. Matted and framed to an overall size of 25.5 x 22. In very fine condition. A highly desirable group of signatures, highlighted by moonwalkers Young and Bean, and four of the heroic astronauts lost in the Challenger disaster-Scobee, Onizuka, Resnik, and McNair.
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