KARL G. HENIZE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/07/1967 - HFSID 221319
Price: $260.00
KARL G. HENIZE
Letter explaining why he became an astronomer and later an
astronaut
TLS: "Karl G. Henize", 1p, 8½x11. Evanston, Illinois, 1967
September 7. To John D. Buchanan, Canada. In part: "I am an
astronomer and an astronaut. I became an astronomer because the exploration of
the physical universe seemed to me to be the most exciting and the most
important of all fields of human endeavor. I became an astronaut for the same
reason...." Karl G. Henize (1926-1993) was one of seven astronauts aboard
the Challenger STS-51F space shuttle which carried Spacelab 2 and its
scientific experiments into space (1985). A noted astronomer, Henize
discovered over 2,000 stars in the southern hemisphere (they are marked with
"HE" in star catalogs) and was renowned for his photograph of the Large
Magellanic Cloud (MGC). In 1993, while climbing Mount Everest on a scientific
expedition, Henize died of respiratory and heart failure and was buried at
22,000 feet. Fine condition.
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