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Gregory J. Harbaugh

This was in a group of items that I did not want, and no specific attention was brought to it in the description. It's also not in the best of shape, with dings and creases, but Gregory J. Harbaugh is basically a nonsigner - I got turned down VV earlier in 2016 - and since it's unpersonalized as well, I'll take it. (I have an STS-71 CP that could use his signature, but without Harbaugh's autograph, I'll consider it crew complete when I get the penultimate astronaut on it, Ellen Baker.)

 

Selected by NASA in June 1987, Harbaugh became an astronaut in August 1988. A veteran of four space flights, Harbaugh has logged a total of 818 hours in space, including 18 hours, 29 minutes EVA. He served aboard STS-39 (April 28 through May 6, 1991), STS-54 (January 13-19, 1993), STS-71 (June 27 to July 7, 1995) and STS-82 (February 11-21, 1997).

 

He was also assigned as the backup EVA crew member and capsule communicator (Capcom) for STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

 

Harbaugh left NASA in March 2001.

 

STS-39/Discovery (April 28 through May 6, 1991) was an eight-day unclassified Department of Defense mission involving research for the Strategic Defense Initiative.

 

Harbaugh flew as a mission specialist and was responsible for operation of the RMS and the Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS) spacecraft, and he was one of two crewmen trained for EVA in the event of a contingency requiring a space walk.

 

Mission duration was 199 hours, 22 minutes.

 

STS-54/Endeavour (January 13-19, 1993) was a six-day mission which featured the deployment of TDRS-F, and a 4-hour 28-minute space walk by Harbaugh.

 

Mission duration was 143 hours 38 minutes.

 

STS-71/Atlantis (June 27 to July 7, 1995) was the first docking.mission with the Russian Space Station Mir, and involved an exchange of crews.

 

On this mission, .Harbaugh served as the Flight Engineer (Mission Specialist) on a seven-member (up) eight-member (down) crew. Space Shuttle Atlantis was modified to carry a docking system compatible with the Russian Mir Space Station, and Harbaugh was responsible for the inflight operation of the docking system.

 

He was also assigned to perform any contingency EVA. Mission duration was 235 hours, 23 minutes.

 

STS-82/Discovery (February 11-21, 1997) the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission was a night launch and landing flight.

 

During the 10-day mission, the crew retrieved and secured the HST in Discovery's payload bay. In five spacewalks, two teams installed two new spectrometers and eight replacement instruments, and placed insulation patches over several compartments containing key data processing, electronics and scientific instrument telemetry packages.

 

Harbaugh participated in two space walks, totaling 14 hours and 01 minute. Following completion of upgrades and repairs, HST was redeployed and boosted to its highest orbit ever.

 

Mission duration was 239 hours, 37 minutes.

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