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Topic: Whose [astronaut/space] autograph is this?
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space-coins
Member Posts: 112
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 10-12-2012 05:24 PM
   
I need some help identifying some signatures on a postal sheet. The only one I can read is 'Richard Shaff' — I think he is the designer of the souvenir sheets, but don't know for sure.The other ones are supposed to be astronaut signatures... anyone out there who knows which astronaut? Thanks!  
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SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 378
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 10-12-2012 11:00 PM
The shuttle photo is signed by Bill Readdy. I'm not sure about the other one, but it kinda looks like it could be a hurried Chris Kraft.Also, the stamp designer's name was Richard Sheaff. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 35603
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-28-2012 01:00 PM
A cS reader has requested assistance identifying the following two autographs: 
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Neil DC
Member Posts: 78
From: Middletown, NJ, USA
Registered: May 2010
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posted 12-28-2012 02:27 PM
Bottom one looks like Michel Tognini. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2104
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-30-2012 11:49 AM
Could the top space shuttle cover be John Grunsfeld? |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 03-14-2013 02:47 PM
I am new here so please bear with me. I recently obtained a large space memorabilia collection from my dad with a lot of Russian space books and autographs. I have been doing some research and I am have some difficulty learning who these autographs are. I have posted a link with the hopes that someone can help decipher these. One of these books has 32 different autographs on it the other about 10. I hope to hear from someone. Thanks in advance for your help. Editor's note: Threads merged. |
Lev M
Member Posts: 125
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 03-14-2013 09:27 PM
quote:
Originally posted by MikeDee:
I have been doing some research and I am have some difficulty learning who these autographs are.
The first screen Top half, left to right - V. Afanasyev
- V. Kubasov (top left)
- A. Leonov
- -- ???
- -- ???
- A. Alexandrov (USSR, not Bulgary)
Bottom half, left to right - -- ???
- V. Titov
- -- ??? (bottom right)
- A. Serebrov
Please correct me if I am wrong.  |
Neil DC
Member Posts: 78
From: Middletown, NJ, USA
Registered: May 2010
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posted 03-14-2013 10:25 PM
To follow on from Lev M.The first screen
Top half, left to right V. Afanasyev
V. Kubasov (top left)
A. Leonov
G. Stekalov
S. Krikalev
A. Alexandrov (USSR, not Bulgaris)
Bottom half, left to right
Y. Kondakova
V. Titov
A. Serebrov
N. Budarin (Bottom in green) |
Neil DC
Member Posts: 78
From: Middletown, NJ, USA
Registered: May 2010
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posted 03-14-2013 10:42 PM
Misspelled - should be Gennady Strekalov.The other scans are easier because the names are also nicely spelled in cyrilic though not all were collected. 2+5) Romanenko, Grechko, Dzhanibekov, Makarov, Gubarev, Remek, Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov, Klimuk, Hermaszewski, Bykovsky, Jahn 3+4) Lyahkov, Ryumin, Rukavishnikov (missing), Ivanov, Kubasov, Farkas, Malyshev, Aksyonov, Gorbatko, Tuan, Romanenko, Tamayo-Mendez, Kizim, Makarov, Strekalov 6)Kovalyonok, Savinykh, Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha, Popov, Prunariu Nicely in order of launch! |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 03-17-2013 03:36 PM
WOW, you guys are so helpful and this will be a great reference moving forward. I can't thank you enough. I am having a lot of fun learning about this stuff. |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 04-07-2013 08:35 PM
I have a Project Mercury first day cover with two autographs on it. One of them I think is Gordon Cooper but I can not figure out who the other is. If anyone can I help I would really appreciate it. Here is the photo.Thanks for any help anyone could provide.
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SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 3721
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-07-2013 08:35 PM
Looks like Eugene Kranz. |
SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 378
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 04-07-2013 08:36 PM
Definitely Gene Kranz and Gordon Cooper. |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 04-07-2013 08:36 PM
You guys rock. Thanks so much for the help. And so quick too. |
stsmithva
Member Posts: 1755
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-18-2013 01:18 AM
I have a space shuttle commemorative booklet published soon after the Challenger disaster. On a page showing a shuttle launch, there are about 30 autographs. I recognize some of them as German scientists who came to America as part of Operation Paper Clip in 1945. They are: Konrad Dannenberg, Karl Heimburg, Eberhard Rees, Gerhard Reisig, Ernst Stuhlinger, and perhaps Walter Häussermann. I would greatly appreciate it if you would let me know if you recognize any other autographs, their approximate location, and if any of these autographs are particularly rare. I thank you in advance.   |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2321
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 04-18-2013 06:11 AM
Yes, all signatures from the above shuttle launch photo from Press Site 39 appear to be German/US rocket "Paperclip" specialists of the original von Braun team. Just off hand, others not mentioned are Oscar Holderer, Helmut Horn, Wilhelm Angele, Werner Sieber, Bernard Tessmann, Dieter Drau, Werner Voss, Walter Wiesman, Hans Palaoro, Max Nowak, Fritz Mueller, Otto Hoberg, Herbert Bergeler, Walter Jacobi, Gustav Kroll, Werner Rosinski, along with a few others that I can't see too well at the moment, but can get them for you later if needed as time permits. Overall, a nice selection of rocket pioneers from the original team. Meanwhile, if Bob McLeod sees this, he may "fill in" the other names for you as I know he is a regular viewing of this site. Interesting to note the shuttle-related photo signed by more than 30 rocketeers. For many of my personal shuttle launch viewings, my "station" in covering a liftoff at the shuttle press site was near the flag pole that you can see in this image. For this particular liftoff, though, I don't see myself or other known news media or public affairs reps that would be covering with me nearby the flag pole area just a few yards to the north of the big countdown clock. Do you know what mission it pertains to? |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2478
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-18-2013 08:56 PM
Ken, in addition to the names you identified, I found a few more: - ?
- Oscar Holderer
- Helmut Horn
- Wilhelm Angele
- Herbert Bergeler
- Walter W. Jacobi
- Karl Heimburg
- Werner Sieber
- Gerhard Drawe
- Bernhard Tessmann
- Willi Schulze
- Dieter Grau
- Gerhard H. R. Reisig
- Walter Wisemann
- Ernst Stuhlinger
- Hans R. Palaoro
- Guenter Haukohl
- Gustav Kroll
- Max Nowak
- ?
- Otto ?
- Hans Fichtner
- Hans Hosenthien
- Art Rudolph
- Eberhard F. R. Rees
- Willi ?
- Walter Haeusserman
- Fritz Müller
- Konrad Dannenberg
- Hubert Kroh
- Werner K. Rosinski
- Werner Voss
- Herfurth?
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stsmithva
Member Posts: 1755
From: Fairfax, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-18-2013 09:20 PM
Thank you both (and Bob, who has e-mailed me) for your help! |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 05-06-2013 09:18 PM
I have a Russian space book with an autograph on it but I can not figure out who it is. Any help would be great. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 1864
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 05-06-2013 11:46 PM
It's the signature of the same person named on the opposite page in Cyrillic - Pyotr Klimuk. |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 05-07-2013 09:01 PM
Thank you so much for the reply. Very helpful. |
mmcmurrey
Member Posts: 85
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 06-11-2013 03:59 PM
Does anybody recognize the first and last signatures here?
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BMckay
Member Posts: 2550
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 06-11-2013 04:00 PM
I think Mary Ellen Weber and Fred Gregory. |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 521
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-11-2013 04:01 PM
First one I don't recognize. Last one could be Fred Gregory. Good luck! |
SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 378
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 06-11-2013 06:06 PM
Definitely Mary Weber and Fred Gregory. Both match signatures in my collection. |
fredtrav
Member Posts: 1416
From: Birmingham AL
Registered: Aug 2010
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posted 06-12-2013 01:13 AM
Yes Mary Ellen Weber and Fred Gregory. |
mmcmurrey
Member Posts: 85
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 06-12-2013 04:25 PM
quote:
Originally posted by BMckay:
I think Mary Ellen Weber and Fred Gregory.
Thanks to all for the info! |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3082
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-05-2013 11:20 PM
Cleaning up, found a 1999 letter from Star City with this signature on it. Another cosmonaut or a secretary? |
Lev M
Member Posts: 125
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 07-06-2013 08:37 AM
He is not one of the cosmonauts, he is their coach (senior instructor, according to the scan) Alexander Aguntsov. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3082
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-06-2013 02:53 PM
Thanks! I guess I'll file it in the recycling bin. |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 07-29-2013 08:39 PM
Can anyone help tell me what autographs these are? There is also an inscription. These are form a space collection of Russian books my dad gave to me. Thanks for any help you can offer.  
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Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 787
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-30-2013 10:45 AM
3rd page, lower left corner in blue is Valery Bykovsky. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2478
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 07-30-2013 01:52 PM
Top: looks like Malyshev and Rozhdestvensky to me, both deceased.Middle: Lazarev, also deceased. Bottom: Popovich, Shonin, Filipchenko, Gubarev, Dyomin, Bykovsky, Rukavizhnikkov, Glazkov |
Lev M
Member Posts: 125
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 07-30-2013 06:45 PM
The inscription says:
"To Lebedev (last name) Vadim Mikhailovich with the wishes of good luck and happiness. Cosmonauts ("cosmonauts-pilots" to be exact) {signatures, dates}" |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 10-07-2013 05:26 PM
I was looking through some more of the collectibles my dad gave to me and came across these items. Two of them look like some kind of letters, one is a Russian space envelope and one is a book with what looks like a bunch of signatures on it. Can anyone tell me who they are of or if the letters have any significance? I appreciate any help anyone could offer.  
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SpaceSteve
Member Posts: 378
From: San Antonio TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 10-07-2013 06:42 PM
On the book above, I believe the blue signature is Andrian Nikolayev, the signature at bottom left is Vladimir Komorov, and the one at bottom right is Valeri Kubasov. |
Neil DC
Member Posts: 78
From: Middletown, NJ, USA
Registered: May 2010
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posted 10-07-2013 10:18 PM
One out of three correct on the book. It is Nikolayev but the rest are as follows. Left hand side down: Shatalov, Lebedev, Y. Romanenko, Kovalyonok. right hand side down: Zholobov, Nikolayev, Shonin, Glazkov, Zudov.I guess we shall see this on eBay shortly? |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2478
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 10-08-2013 09:04 AM
On the cover, this is probably a flown one (see the pentagonal cancellation). It was signed by Alexandrov, Viktorenko and Syrian cosmonaut Muhammad Fares. |
Lev M
Member Posts: 125
From: Canada
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 10-08-2013 10:18 AM
The first letter has an autograph of Korolev. The second one is a translation. |
MikeDee
Member Posts: 33
From: Staten Island, NY , USA
Registered: Mar 2013
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posted 10-08-2013 03:53 PM
Thanks everyone. I always appreciate all your help here. And you are right, these items probably will end up on eBay. Gotta put food on the table. |
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