JUDITH RESNIK Autographed 1976 cover, with handstamp cachet for "Establishment of Criteria for Women Astros," postmarked 11/29/76 at Houston, signed in black ink; Resnik was the 2nd American woman in space and perished in the 1986 Challenger disaster; VF (Image)

Est. $250-350 SE

(5) covers from 1978 w/ various signatures of the candidates for the Space Shuttle program, incl Judy Resnik, Crippen, Young, Brand, Fullerton, Truly, Engle, Haise, Lousma, Seddon, Covey and Bluford; VF (Image)

Est. $300-400 SE

Scarce cover signed by all six female final candidates for the Space Shuttle program in 1978; cover from Houston w/ handstamped cachet for the previous 7th group of 1977 which had eight female candidates; the final six who have signed are Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Judy Resnik, Sally Ride, Margaret Seddon and Kathryn Sullivan; VF (Image)

Est. $500-600 SE

Group of autographs gathered by collector who corresponded with Judith Resnik in 1979; she sent him two signed handwritten notes on NASA stationery, and included an official NASA photograph of the 35 astronaut candidates chosen for the Shuttle program; (34) of them signed special SCCS cacheted covers, postmarked on 1/16/78 at Houston with the additional of a NASA Local Post stamp showing each candidate; unfortunately the cover for Sally Ride was either not produced or was removed; to replace it, another cover w/ Ride's signature plus three other female candidates is included; VF (Image)

Est. $600-800 LE