Rare “Astronaut" Richard Covey Hand Written Letter on NASA Letterhead For Sale

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Rare “Astronaut" Richard Covey Hand Written Letter on NASA Letterhead:
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Up for sale "Astronaut" Richard Covey Hand Written Letter on NASA Letterhead.

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Richard Oswalt Covey (born

August 1, 1946) is a retired United States Air Force officer and former

NASA astronaut.

Born August 1, 1946, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, he considers Fort Walton Beach, Florida, to be his

hometown. He graduated from Choctawhatchee High School in Shalimar,

Florida, in 1964; he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science with a major in

Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy

in 1968, and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautics

and Astronautics

from Purdue University in 1969. As a member of the U.S. Air

Force, Covey was an operational fighter pilot

from 1970–1974, flying the F-100 Super

Sabre, A-37 Dragonfly and A-7 Corsair

II. He flew 339 combat

missions during two tours in Southeast

Asia. At Eglin Air Force Base, Florida,

between 1975 and 1978, he was an F-4 Phantom

II and A-7D

weapons system test pilot and joint test force director for electronic warfare testing of the F-15 Eagle.

He has flown over 5,700 hours in more than 30 different types of aircraft. Selected

as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Covey became an astronaut in August

1979. A veteran of four space flights, STS-51-I

in 1985, STS-26

in 1988, STS-38

in 1990, and STS-61

in 1993, Covey has logged over 646 hours in space.

He was the last member of his astronaut class - the 1978 NASA Group 8 - to fly

into space. Prior to the first flight of the Space Shuttle,

he provided astronaut support in Orbiter engineering development and

testing. He was a T-38 chase pilot

for the second and third Shuttle flights and support crewman for the first

operational Shuttle flight, STS-5. Covey also served as Mission Control spacecraft

communicator (CAPCOM) for Shuttle Missions STS-5, 6, 61-B,

61-C,

and 51-L

(it was his voice that said the now infamous words, "Challenger, go at throttle up"

shortly before the Space Shuttle Challenger

disaster). During 1989, he was Chairman of NASA's Space Flight

Safety Panel. He has held additional technical assignments within the NASA Astronaut

Office, and has also served as Acting Deputy Chief of the Astronaut

Office, and Acting Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations.

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