Artifact: Skylab 2+3+4 signed 8x10 NASA litho by all 9 (7 handsigned, 2 autopens)
Artifact Category: autograph, photograph.
Dimensions: 20.4 x 25.5 cm.
Program: Skylab

Description: Skylab litograph handsigned by 7 astronauts: Alan Bean, Jack Lousma, Owen Garriott (Skylab 3 crew), Charles Conrad (Skylab 2) and Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue + Ed Gibson (Skylab 4 crew). 2 are autopensigned : Paul Weitz and Joe Kerwin.

Skylab was the first United States space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three separate three-astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Major operations included an orbital workshop, a solar observatory, Earth observation, and hundreds of experiments.

Unable to be re-boosted by the Space Shuttle, which was not ready until 1981, Skylab's orbit eventually decayed, and it disintegrated in the atmosphere on July 11, 1979, scattering debris across the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.

Item: STS-1 crew autopensigned NASA litho.
Size: 20.4 x 25.5 cm

Description: the picture has autopen signatures from John Young and Bob Crippen. STS-1 was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission was launched on April 12, 1981, and was crewed by two astronauts: Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen.

John Young was a veteran astronaut who had previously flown on Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, and Apollo 16 missions. Robert Crippen was a Navy pilot and aerospace engineer who had never flown in space before.

The primary objective of STS-1 was to test the Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, in orbit. The mission also aimed to demonstrate that the Space Shuttle was capable of safe, reliable, and routine access to space.

During the mission, Young and Crippen tested the Shuttle's systems and performed a number of maneuvers, including a roll reversal and a braking test. They also deployed and retrieved a satellite, and conducted experiments to test the performance of various materials in space.

STS-1 was a successful mission, paving the way for future Space Shuttle flights and establishing the Space Shuttle as a reliable and versatile spacecraft. The mission lasted for two days, six hours, 20 minutes, and 53 seconds, and the crew landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California on April 14, 1981.

Item: Apollo 11 autopensigned NASA litho.
Size: 20.4 x 25.5 cm.

Description: autopen signatures on official NASA litho.

Item: Wernher von Braun autopensigned Apollo 11 moonlanding cover.
Size: 16.5 x 9.2 cm.

Description: same autopen pattern as seen on this picture.

Item: Wernher von Braun autopened glossy photo.
Size: 20.4 x 25.5 cm.

Description: Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German and American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, as well as the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany and later a pioneer of rocket and space technology in the United States.

He served as director of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center and as the chief architect of the Saturn V super heavy-lift launch vehicle that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon. In 1967, von Braun was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, and in 1975, he received the National Medal of Science.

Von Braun is widely seen as the "father of space travel", the "father of rocket science" or the "father of the American lunar program". He advocated a human mission to Mars.