3. Signed by NASA Personnel

ASTP First day cover, signed by four flight controllers   

Acquired from Don Willis-Lunar Legacies 

Acquired March 2018

Collection # TSM4 

The ASTP (Apollo Soyuz Test Program) was a collaboration between the United States & Russia. A space craft from each of the respective nations was flown into earth orbit. There they docked and the crews conducted experiments. It marked the very last flight of Apollo hardware and took place in July 1975

The FDC is signed by three of the four flight directors who were on duty for the mission 

Pete Frank (Orange team), Neil Hutchinson (Silver team), Don Puddy (Crimson team), the three flight directors

The fourth, Frank Littleton (Amber team) does not appear on the cover.

The signature of Gene Kranz is present but his role had changed from flight director at the time of the ASTP project. his last assignment as a flight director was Apollo 17 in 1972, and after that had been promoted to the position of Deputy Director of NASA Mission Operations

Two Covers signed by Robert Gilruth 

Acquired from Don Willis-Lunar Legacies

Acquired   4th March 2018                                 

 Collection # TSM 5 & TSM6 March 2018

Robert Gilruth was a NASA Centre Director, and as such he was a leading light in the early space programs. Prior to becoming a Centre Director he was he was an engineer at NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the predecessor to NASA). He carried out pioneering research into supersonic flight, and the nascent branch of rocket powered craft. When NASA was formed he headed the Space task Group, who’s brief was to beat the Russians to the moon. He was at the forefront in the creation of the Gemini program. When the Apollo program was born, he was placed in charge of the Manned Spacecraft Centre, which was responsible for running the program. He was responsible for overseeing 25 manned spaceflights stretching between Mercury-Redstone 3 to Apollo 15. He is credited with being a true “Space Pioneer”

FDC signed by NASA Administrators & Centre Directors                  

Acquired from Don Willis-Lunar Legacies

Acquired 28 Sept 2019

Collection # TSM028

An FDC commemorating US accomplishments in space. It is cancelled (Postmarked) September 29th 1967. It is signed by four NASA administrators. For those of you unfamiliar with NASA terminology the title administrator is given to the boss of NASA, it is the highest position in the agency. There are a further three signatures from NASA centre directors, and an as yet unidentified signature. For any one who has studied space history will recognise the fact that among these notables there are three that stand out as giants in the US space program, these fall into the category of “If it wasn’t for them the job would have got done, but the history books would definitely tell a different story, probably one whose outcome would not have been as triumphant as it turned out to be” They are T Keith Glennan the first NASA administrator. James W Webb the second Administrator. The third is Abe Silverstein, who is credited with being one of the founding fathers of manned space flight

 The signature numbers are from left to right with No1 being topmost

1.    Not Identified

2.    John F. McCarthy JR. NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER Director 1978-1982

3.    Bruce T Lundin NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER Director 1969 to 1977

4.    James C Fletcher Fourth & Seventh Administrator NASA 1971-1977 & 1986-1989

5.    James E Webb Second Administrator NASA 1961-1968

6.    T Keith Glennan First Administrator NASA 1958-1961

7.    Abe Silverstein NASA LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER Associate Director 1952, Chairman Saturn Vehicle Evaluation Committee-1959

8.    Thomas O Paine Third Administrator of NASA, 1969-1970

Commemorating Skylab FDC-Signed by Rocco Petrone                   

Acquired from Bruce Forrest via FB Memorabilia group

Acquired 29th April 2020

Collection # TSM55

Rocco Petrone was an engineer and served in the US Army for twenty years, and was part of the team that developed the Redstone rocket, which was repurposed and used to launch Mercury capsules, and as such the Redstone was responsible for putting the first American astronauts into space. In 1960, Petrone was seconded to NASA. There, Petrone presided over the development of Saturn V launch operations, dubbing the period of preparation leading up to each launch "five-month marathons". He oversaw construction of all the launch elements of the Apollo program at re, including Launch Complex 39, the Vertical Assembly Building, and the Crawler-Transporter, all of which were later modified for Space Shuttle operations. After his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1966 he continued to work for NASA as a civilian, being promoted to director of launch operations at KSC in July 1966. In September 1969, shortly after the Apollo 11 mission, he was appointed director of the entire Apollo program at NASA Headquarters. In 1972, Petrone was assigned additional responsibilities as program director of the NASA portion of the U.S. and the Soviet Union joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. 

From 1973 to 1974, Petrone served for one year as the first non-German administrator of the Marshall Space Flight Center, after Wernher von Braun and Eberhard Rees. At the time NASA was undergoing budget cutbacks, and his tenure was marked with many reassignments or firings. 

In 1974, Petrone left the Marshall Centre to accept an appointment at NASA Headquarters, assuming the post of NASA Associate Administrator, the third-highest ranking official within the agency

Credit-Wikipedia

Commemorative cover Signed by James M Beggs     

 Acquired from E-bay seller

 Acquired April 9th 2021       

 Collection # TSM088

James M Beggs  was the 6th NASA administrator and served between 1981 to 1985

Commemorative cover Signed by Kurt Debus 

Acquired from Don Willis-Lunar Legacies

 Acquired May 15th 2021            

 Collection # TSM095

Kurt Debus was one of the German V2 rocket Engineers who came to the US came at the end of WWII and rose to a senior position within NASA. 

Commemorative cover Signed by Dave Scott

Acquired from JG Autographs

 Acquired March 8th 2023          

 Collection # TSM165

David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932)  a test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. The commander of Apollo 15, Scott was selected as an astronaut as part of the third group in 1963. Scott flew three times in space, Once in the Gemini program, and twice during the Apollo program 

Commemorative cover Signed Scott Crossfield

Acquired from JG Autographs

 Acquired April 5th 2023          

 Collection # TSM175

A cover signed by Scott Crossfield. NASA test pilot who is best known for piloting the X-1 & X-15 aircraft

Commemorative cover Signed Paul Haney

Acquired from JG Autographs

 Acquired August 28th 2023          

 Collection # TSM185

A cover signed by Paul Haney, the "Voice of NASA"

Paul P. Haney (July 20, 1928 – January 27, 2009) was an American journalist and public affairs officer for NASA. He was the voice of mission control for the Gemini and Apollo programs. 

Commemorative cover Signed Ernst Stuhlinger

Acquired from JG Autographs

 Acquired August 28th 2023          

 Collection # TSM187

A cover signed by Signed Ernst Stuhlinger

Ernst Stuhlinger (December 19, 1913 Niederrimbach, Germany – May 25, 2008), German-American atomic, electrical, and rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, he developed guidance systems with Wernher von Braun's team for the US Army, and later was a scientist with NASA. He was also instrumental in the development of the ion engine for long-endurance space flight, and a wide variety of scientific experiments.