Astronaut Kathy Sullivan 8th Day STS41G flight FDC with crew...

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Astronaut Kathy Sullivan 8th Day STS41G flight FDC with crew detail cachet. She also flew STS 31. 45 KSC 1984 CDS slogan postmark. Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3. 1951) is an American geologist. oceanographer. and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. A graduate of University of California. Santa Cruz. in the United States. and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. Canada-where she earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in geology in 1978-Sullivan was selected as one of the six women among the 35 astronaut candidate in NASA Astronaut Group 8. the first group to include women. During her training. she became the first woman to be certified to wear a United States Air Force pressure suit. and on July 1. 1979. she set an unofficial sustained American aviation altitude record for women. During her first mission. STS-41-G. Sullivan performed the first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) by an American woman. On her second. STS-31. she helped deploy the Hubble Space Telescope. On the third. STS-45. she served as Payload Commander on the first Spacelab mission dedicated to NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. Single Vendor autograph collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99