COLONEL GERALD P. "JERRY" CARR - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: EDWARD G. GIBSON, COLONEL WILLIAM R. "BILL" POGUE - HFSID 148244
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GERALD P. CARR, EDWARD GIBSON and BILL POGUE
Gerald P. Carr, Edward Gibson and Bill Pogue sign a commemorative envelope honoring
Skylab Launch
Commemorative Envelope signed: "Jerry Carr", "Ed Gibson", and "Bill Pogue ", 6½x3½. Cover
honoring Skylab Launch. 1 affixed 8¢ Peace Corps stamp, postmarked Cape Canaveral,
Florida, November 16, 1973. GERALD P. "JERRY" CARR (1932-2020) was commander
of the third and final manned visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop. This was the longest
manned flight (84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes) in the history of manned space exploration
to date. From November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974, the three-member crew, which also
included Dr. Edward G. Gibson (science pilot) and William R. Pogue (pilot), successfully
completed 56 experiments, 26 science demonstrations, 15 subsystem-detailed objectives and
13 student investigations during their 1,214 revolutions of the Earth. Carr, who was one of
19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, had previously served in the U.S. Navy
before joining the U.S. Marine Corps. Between the time of his selection and his journey into
space, Carr was a member of several astronaut support crews and was involved in the
development and testing of the lunar roving vehicle used during the Apollo Moon
landings. Carr, who retired from the Marine Corps in 1975 and from NASA in 1977, then
became involved in several aerospace-related businesses. He is married to artist/sculptor Pat
Musick. Dr. EDWARD G. GIBSON (born in 1936) was a member of the crew of the final
Skylab mission (November 16, 1973-February 8, 1974), which serviced an unmanned Saturn
workshop and obtained medical data for extending space flights. During the mission, the crew
observed the Comet Kohoutek. Selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in 1965, Gibson
served on the astronaut support crew and was involved in the design and testing of the
Skylab space station. After resigning from NASA in 1974, Gibson was involved in research
and began his own consulting firm. WILLIAM R. "BILL" POGUE, a Korean War veteran
and a former member of the Air Force Thunderbirds, trained aerospace research pilots
before being accepted into NASA's astronaut program in 1966. A member of the astronaut
support crews for Apollo missions 7, 11 and 14, he later piloted Skylab-4, the third and final
manned visit to the orbital workshop (1973-1974). This mission, at 84 days, was the
longest manned space flight up to that time. Colonel Pogue, who made two space walks
during the mission, including a record seven-hour EVA, retired from the Air Force in 1975 to
pursue a career as a private consultant and to produce videos about space flight. Slightly
creased. Fine condition.
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