Donald R. McMonagle
Retired Air Force Col. Donald R. McMonagle made an appearance at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, and through their generosity, was able to get my Space Shuttle: 20 Years book signed.
I could not find any high-res pictures suitable to get printed out as an 8*10, at least none that I liked. I did find a photo able to be done as a 5*7, but when I found an original NASA glossy of McMonagle, I sent it to him afterward to get signed. And I love the (unasked) inscription!
McMonagle was selected as an astronaut by NASA in June 1987. A veteran of three space flights, McMonagle has logged over 605 hours in space.
He flew as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on Department of Defense mission STS-39 in April 1991. During this highly successful 8-day mission, the seven-man crew deployed, operated, and retrieved a remotely-controlled spacecraft and conducted several science experiments to include research of both natural and induced phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere.
In January 1993, McMonagle served as pilot on STS-54 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The 6-day mission featured the deployment of a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), and the collection of information about celestial x-rays using a Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer.
Lastly, he commanded a crew of six aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-66 Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) 11-day mission in November 1994.
Sent 4 November 2016; received back 17 November 2016.
Donald R. McMonagle
Retired Air Force Col. Donald R. McMonagle made an appearance at the Space Foundation Discovery Center in Colorado Springs, and through their generosity, was able to get my Space Shuttle: 20 Years book signed.
I could not find any high-res pictures suitable to get printed out as an 8*10, at least none that I liked. I did find a photo able to be done as a 5*7, but when I found an original NASA glossy of McMonagle, I sent it to him afterward to get signed. And I love the (unasked) inscription!
McMonagle was selected as an astronaut by NASA in June 1987. A veteran of three space flights, McMonagle has logged over 605 hours in space.
He flew as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on Department of Defense mission STS-39 in April 1991. During this highly successful 8-day mission, the seven-man crew deployed, operated, and retrieved a remotely-controlled spacecraft and conducted several science experiments to include research of both natural and induced phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere.
In January 1993, McMonagle served as pilot on STS-54 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The 6-day mission featured the deployment of a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), and the collection of information about celestial x-rays using a Diffuse X-Ray Spectrometer.
Lastly, he commanded a crew of six aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-66 Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3 (ATLAS-3) 11-day mission in November 1994.
Sent 4 November 2016; received back 17 November 2016.