[eBay] Anyone want old NASA press kits (early '90s Shuttle)?

Apologies if this violates group etiquette, but I figured this is the
best place to ask if someone may be interested in these old press kits I
have. I'm a a former reporter who received them direct from NASA Public
Affairs offices. I'm cleaning out old files, and it seems a shame to
just send them to the recycler.

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Press kits include background information on particular Space Shuttle
missions, payloads, experiments, crew biographies, diagrams, etc. for
reporters to use in their coverage of the mission. Since they were
released in advance, the dates indicate the originally-planned schedule
and the info does not reflect flight delays or late changes in crew,
payloads, etc. They DO NOT contain photos or info on the results of the
flights.

Typically 30-65 pages each, 8.5" x 11", mostly B&W offset printed,
saddle-stitched or stapled. Items are in good condition and unmarked,
although a few are slightly bent from not being stored flat in the file
box (see photos in listing).

Lot includes press kits for the following 18 missions:

STS-35, May 1990 (Columbia) - Crew: Brand, Gardner, Hoffman, Lounge,
Parker, Durrance, Parise. Payloads: Ultraviolet Astronomy Telescope,
Broad Band X-Ray Telescope, Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment. [3 copies]

STS-37, April 1991 (Atlantis) - Crew: Nagel, Cameron, Godwin, Ross, Apt.
Payloads: Gamma Ray Observatory, EVA Development Flight Experiments,
Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment.

STS-39, March 1991 (Discovery) - Crew: Coats, Hammond, Harbaugh,
McMonagle, Bluford, Veach, Hieb. Payloads: Air Force Strategic Defense
Initiative experiment CIRRIS-1A, Infrared Background Signature Survey.

STS-40, May 1991 (Columbia) - Crew: O'Connor, Gutierrez, Bagian,
Jernigan, Seddon, Gaffney, Hughes-Fulford. Payload: Spacelab Life
Sciences (SLS-1), Get-Away Specials, Animal Enclosure Modules.

STS-42, January 1992 (Discovery) - Crew: Grabe, Oswald, Thagard, Readdy,
Hilmers, Bondar, Merbold. Payloads: International Microgravity Lab
(IML-1), Get-Away Specials, IMAX Camera. [2 copies; also color booklet
on IML, see below]

STS-43, July 1991 (Atlantis) - Crew: Blaha, Baker, Lucid, Low, Adamson.
Payloads: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-E), Space Station Heat
Pipe Advanced Radiator Element (SHARE-II), Shuttle Solar Backscatter
Ultraviolet Experiment (SSBUV). [2 copies]

STS-44, November 1991 (Atlantis) - Crew: Gregory, Henricks, Voss,
Musgrave, Runco, Hennen. Payloads: Defense Support Program satellite,
Terra Scout experiment, Military Man in Space. [2 copies]

STS-45, March 1992 (Atlantis) - Crew: Bolden, Duffy, Sullivan, Leestma,
Foale, Frimout, Lichtenberg. Payloads: Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science (ATLAS-1), Shuttle Solar Backscatter
Ultraviolet Instrument (SSBUV-4), Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment. [2
copies]

STS-46, July 1992 (Atlantis) - Crew: Shriver, Allen, Nicollier, Ivins,
Hoffman, Chang-Diaz, Malerba. Payloads: Tethered Satellite System,
European Retrievable Carrier, IMAX Cargo Bay Camera.

STS-47, September 1992 (Endeavour) - Crew: Gibson, Brown, Lee, Apt,
Davis, Jemison, Mohri. Payload: Spacelab J.

STS-48, September 1991 (Discovery) - Crew: Creighton, Reighter, Gemar,
Buchli, Brown. Payloads: Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS),
Atmospheric Particle Monitor (APM-03).

STS-49, May 1992 (Maiden Voyage of Endeavour) - Crew: Brandenstein,
Chilton, Melnick, Thuot, Hieb, Thornton, Akers. Payloads: Assembly of
Station Methods, INTELSAT-VI Repair & Reboost Equipment. [2 copies]

STS-50, June 1992 (Columbia) - Richards, Bowersox, Dunbar, Baker, Meade,
DeLucas, Trinh. Payloads: US Microgravity Laboratory (USML-1). Longest
scheduled Shuttle flight. [Also color booklet on USML, see below]

STS-52, October 1992 (Columbia) - Crew: Wetherbee, Baker, Veach,
Shepherd, Jernigan, MacLean. Payloads: Laser Geodynamics Satellite, US
Microgravity Payload, Canadian Experiments CANEX-2.

STS-53, December 1992 (Discovery) - Crew: Walker, Cabana, Bluford,
Clifford, Voss. Payloads: Department of Defense-1, Glow
Experiment/Cryogenic Heat Pipe, Orbital Debris Radar Calibration
Spheres, miscellaneous Strategic Defense Initiative experiments.

STS-54, January 1993 (Endeavour) - Crew: Casper, McMonagle, Runco,
Harbaugh, Helms. Payloads: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-F, Diffuse
X-Ray Spectrometer.

STS-55, February 1993 (Columbia) - Crew: Nagel, Henricks, Ross,
Precourt, Harris, Walter, Schlegel. Payloads: Spacelab D2, Shuttle
Amateur Radio Experiment-II.

STS-56, March 1993 (Discovery) - Crew: Cameron, Oswald, Foale, Cockrell,
Ochoa. Payloads: Atmospheric Lab for Applications and Science (ATLAS-2),
Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet experiment (SSBUV-A), Solar Wind
Generation Experiment (SPARTAN-201), Solar Ultraviolet Experiment (SUVE).

Also included: Some miscellaneous press releases, NASA Fact Sheets,
vehicle passes, etc., as well as a 59-page glossy full-color booklet on
the International Microgravity Laboratory (STS-42) and a 40-page glossy
full-color booklet on the United States Microgravity Laboratory
(STS-50). Multiple copies of some items were received from different
press offices, usually printed differently (e.g. one saddle-stitched
with colored-paper cover and 3-hole punched, the other printed on plain
white paper and corner-stapled.)


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