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Deke Slayton's Photograph Album

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Deke Slayton's Photograph Album

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Auction Date:2019 May 29 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:15th Floor WeWork, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Amusing photograph album belonging to NASA astronaut and first Chief of the Astronaut Office Deke Slayton, containing a total of 29 color photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, showing behind-the-scenes images of Slayton and others during the Approach and Landing Tests of the Space Shuttle program. The album was compiled by its photographer James Kukowski, a public affairs officer at NASA headquarters, who has typed humorous captions to accompany many of the images. Examples include: the Space Shuttle Enterprise attached to the top of the grounded Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (“Hey, fellas, not so close. Air West has a flat tire, anyway”); a T-38 trailing a mated Enterprise and SCA during a test flight (“Hello Biggs, Hello Biggs! Hey Army…we’re coming in anyway!!!”); Slayton shaking hands with a young woman (“Hi! I’m Deke Slayton and I’m an astronaut. Sure, sure…they all tell me that”); and Slayton speaking to a group of men during a presentation (“Now, when we roll it over, it becomes a double-decker bomber”). The photos are housed in a red spiral-bound binder. In fine condition.