Challenger disaster, January 28, 1986

ernie11

40 years since the Challenger disaster, killing all 7 astronauts aboard. Below is a postal cover that flew aboard the Challenger during its August 1983 mission, along with the front cover of the program.

JBK

Those are great historical artifacts.

Apparently some were not flown in space, but all are serial numbered and I believe there are records of which ones were and which ones weren't. The ones in the original folder are presumably flown since the USPS sold them.

Here is one signed by Richard Truly.

291fifth

It is hard to believe that the Challenger disaster was forty years ago. I remember very clearly being at a business lunch at the Roma Cafe in Detroit when the waiter came up and told us about the disaster.

ernie11

@JBK said:
Those are great historical artifacts.

Apparently some were not flown in space, but all are serial numbered and I believe there are records of which ones were and which ones weren't. The ones in the original folder are presumably flown since the USPS sold them.

Here is one signed by Richard Truly.

Mine has a serial number 110376.

JBK

@ernie11 said:

@JBK said:
Those are great historical artifacts.

Apparently some were not flown in space, but all are serial numbered and I believe there are records of which ones were and which ones weren't. The ones in the original folder are presumably flown since the USPS sold them.

Here is one signed by Richard Truly.

Mine has a serial number 110376.

On collectspace.com under "resources" there is a list of those that were not flown. They were supposedly destroyed. Anyway, yours is not listed. 🙂

JBK

Thx for bringing this up. It reminded me to check ebay and I picked up another one for under $6.

It will be sent off to one of the surviving crewmembers as soon as it arrives.