Jack R. Lousma Astronaut Autographed Signed Skylab 3 Mission 8 x 10 Photo with Awesome Inscription! – Beckett

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Jack Robert Lousma is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3, on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission. Lousma was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997. He is the last living crew member of both of his spaceflights.

Lousma was one of the 19 astronauts selected in NASA Astronaut Group 5 in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 9, 10, and 13 missions. He was the CAPCOM recipient of the “Houston, we’ve had a problem” message from Apollo 13. He was a potential candidate to serve as the lunar module pilot for Apollo 20, which was cancelled due to budget cuts. He was the pilot for Skylab-3 from July 28 to September 25, 1973, and was commander on STS-3, from March 22 until March 30, 1982, logging a total of over 1,619 hours in space.

Lousma also spent 11 hours on two spacewalks outside the Skylab space station. He served as backup docking module pilot of the United States flight crew for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission, which was completed successfully in July 1975.

Lousma was a pilot on the Skylab 3 mission, which lasted 59 days, 11 hours in space. This mission, launched on July 28, 1973, saw the crew of Alan Bean, Owen Garriott, and Jack Lousma conduct extensive scientific experiments and three spacewalks. The Skylab 3 mission was a record-breaking flight, more than doubling the previous record of 28 days set by the Skylab 2 crew.

The featured 8 x 10 Photo has been signed by NASA Astronaut Jack Lousma in black. Lousma participated in the record-breaking Skylab 3 Mission which lasted 59 days, 11 hours in space. Lousma added an awesome inscription: “Leaving Skylab after after a record 59 1/2 days in orbit” in black. ( He accidentally wrote “after” twice) The Photo includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram for authenticity purposes. Awesome Signed Photo for a Fan of NASA and Space!!