1ST SUBMARINE OFFICER IN SPACE STS-126 Astronaut STEPHEN BOWEN AUTOGRAPH

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1ST SUBMARINE OFFICER IN SPACE STS-126 Astronaut STEPHEN BOWEN AUTOGRAPH
8 X 10 Color Photo= , Signed by STS-126 Astronaut STEPHEN BOWEN S126-E-005068 (14 Nov. 2008) --- Astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-126 mission specialist, prepares to use a still camera on the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour during flight day one activities..SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-126 Endeavour (November 14-30, 2008) launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. It was NASA’s 4th shuttle flight in 2008 and the 27th Shuttle/Station assembly mission. Highlights of the almost 16-day mission included expanding the living quarters of the space station to eventually house 6 member crews by delivering a new bathroom, kitchenette, two bedrooms, an exercise machine, and a water recycling system. During the mission Bowen performed three EVAs (spacewalks). STS-126 also delivered a new resident to the station, replacing Greg Chamitoff, Expedition 17-18 with Sandy Magnus, Expedition 18. STS-126 returned to Earth after completing 250 orbits in more than 6 million miles. STS-132 Atlantis (May 14-26, 2010) was the 132nd Space Shuttle flight, and the 32nd Shuttle flight to the International Space Station. STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and docked with the International Space Station on May 16 to deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and a Russian-build Mini Research Module to the International Space Station. During 7 days of docked operations, three spacewalks were conducted and Bowen logged 14 hours and 34 minutes of EVA in two spacewalks. During the first spacewalk, Reisman & Bowen installed a spare antenna and a stowage platform. On the second spacewalk, Bowen and Good replaced batteries on the P6 Truss that stores solar energy. On the final spacewalk, Good and Reisman replaced the last of the P6 Truss batteries and retrieved a power data grapple fixture for installation at a later date. The STS-132 mission was completed in 186 orbits, traveling 4,879,978 miles in 11 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes and 2 seconds. STS-133 (February 24 - March 9, 2010), was the 39th and final mission for Space Shuttle Discovery. During the 13-day flight, the Discovery crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM) and the fourth Express Logistics Carrier (ELC) to the ISS. The mission’s two space walks assisted in outfitting the truss of the station and completed a variety of other tasks designed to upgrade station systems. The mission was accomplished in 202 Earth orbits, traveling 5.3 million miles in 307 hours and 3 minutes STS-400 was the Space Shuttle contingency support (Launch On Need) flight which would have been launched using Space Shuttle Endeavour if a major problem occurred on Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-125, the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission (HST SM-4).[1][2][3][4] Due to the much lower orbital inclination of the HST compared to the ISS, the shuttle crew would have been unable to use the International Space Station as a "safe haven" and NASA would not have been able to follow the usual plan of recovering the crew with another shuttle at a later date.[3] Instead, NASA developed a plan to conduct a shuttle-to-shuttle rescue mission, similar to proposed rescue missions for pre-ISS flights.[3][5][6] The rescue mission would have been launched only three days after call up and as early as seven days after the launch of STS-125 since the crew of Atlantis would only have about three weeks of consumables after launch.[2] The mission was first rolled out in September 2008 to Launch Complex 39B two weeks after the STS-125 shuttle was rolled out to Launch Complex 39A. This created a rare scenario of two shuttles being on the launch pads at the same time.[3] In October 2008, however, STS-125 was subsequently delayed and rolled back to the VAB. Initially, STS-125 was retargeted for No Earlier Than February 2009. This changed the STS-400 vehicle from Endeavour to Discovery. The mission was redesignated STS-401 due to the swap from Endeavour to Discovery. However, STS-125 was then delayed further, allowing Discovery mission STS-119 to fly beforehand. This resulted in the rescue mission reverting to Endeavour and the designation STS-400 being reinstated.[4] In January, 2009, it was announced that NASA was evaluating conducting both launches from Complex 39A in order to avoid further delays to Ares I-X, which, at the time, was scheduled for launch from LC-39B in the September 2009 timeframe.[4] It was planned that after the STS-125 mission in October 2008, Launch Complex 39B would undergo the conversion for use in Project Constellation for the Ares I-X rocket.[4] Several of the members on the NASA mission management team said at the time (2009) that single pad operations were possible, but the decision was made to use both pads The crew assigned to this mission was a subset of the STS-126 crew:[2][7] Position Launching Astronaut Landing Astronaut Commander Christopher Ferguson Pilot Eric A. Boe Mission Specialist 1 Robert S. Kimbrough Mission Specialist 2 Stephen G. Bowen STEPHEN G. BOWEN is the first Submarine Officer selected by NASA in July 2000 as a mission specialist. He reported for training at the Johnson Space Center in August 2000. Following the completion of two years of training and evaluation, he was initially assigned technical duties in the Astronaut Office Station Operations Branch. A veteran of three spaceflights, STS-126 in 2008, STS-132 in 2010, and STS-133, Bowen has logged a total of 40 days, 10 hours, 4 minutes and 37 seconds in space, including 47 hours and 18 minutes of EVA in 7 spacewalks. +++++++++++++++++++++++Combining Lots between two auctions, I will be happy to combine two auctions To save you additional postage- Please pay for these lot/lots & postage. If you are successful in the second auction I will bill you for the additional lot, With no additional postage charges. If you do not win any lots in the second auction, I can just ship the lot to you And not have to bill you again, and wait for payment Thank You Sean Marsar
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