Gemini, Apollo Moonwalker and Shuttle Astronaut John Young autographed NASA Lithograph!

A Group 2 Astronaut selection in 1962, John Young was clearly an overachiever among this overachieving Group of astronauts.  During his long NASA career, John Young would fly two missions in the Gemini program, Pilot of Gemini 3 with Gus Grissom and the first manned Gemini flight, and as commander of Gemini 10 with Michael Collins.  Young would also be only one of three astronauts to travel twice to the moon, as Command Module pilot for Apollo 10 and as Commander of Apollo 16.  Young became one of 12 men to have walked on the moon during the Apollo 16 mission.  John Young would again be a pioneer in the space program as he commanded the first shuttle mission, STS-1 and STS-9.  He was scheduled to make a record seventh flight as commander of STS-61-J but the Challenger disaster delayed that mission.  Still, Young’s achievements were a remarkable record for this Navy veteran.  His recent passing leaves only five moonwalkers alive from that remarkable era of space history.

Item is an 8 x 10”  NASA Lithograph of John Young displaying the various models or the spacecraft he flew..  Young had a policy of only signing one autograph request per person.  The item is my copy and obviously the only one I’ll have for sale.   Don’t miss this opportunity to own this unique and rare treasure.  He inscribed the litho “To William Ownbey, Best Wishes, John Young.”

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