Captain Ronald E. Evans Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
Died: April 7, 1990 in Scottsdale, Arizona
NASA Astronaut (Deceased)
PERSONAL DATA: Born November 10, 1933, in St. Francis, Kansas. Died April 7, 1990, in Scottsdale, Arizona, of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Jan and two children.
EDUCATION: He graduated from Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1956 and a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U. S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1964.
ORGANIZATIONS: Member of Tau Beta Pi, Society of Sigma Xi, and Sigma Nu
SPECIAL HONORS: Presented the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1973; the Johnson Space Center Superior Achievement Award in 1970; the Navy Distinguished Service Medal in 1973; Navy Astronaut wings; eight Air Medals, the Viet Nam Service Medal; and the Navy Commendation Medal with combat distinguishing service in 1966; the University of Kansas Distinguished Service Citation in 1973; Kansan of the Year in 1972.
EXPERIENCE: When notified of his selection to the astronaut program, Evans was on sea duty in the Pacific-assigned to VF51 and flying F8 aircraft from the carrier USS TICONDEROGA during a period of seven months in Viet Nam combat operation.
He was a combat flight instructor (F8 aircraft) with VF-124 from January 1961 to June 1962 and, prior to this assignment, participated in two WESTPAC aircraft carrier cruises while a pilot with VF-142. In June 1957, he completed flight training after receiving his commission as an Ensign through the Navy ROTC Program at the University of Kansas.
Total flight time accrued during his career is 5,100 hours, including 4,600 hours in jet aircraft.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Captain Evans was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 7 and Apollo 11 flights and as backup command module pilot for Apollo 14.
On his first journey into space, Captain Evans occupied the command module pilot seat for Apollo 17 which commenced at 11:33 p.m. (CST), December 6, 1972, and concluded on December 19, 1972-the last scheduled manned mission to the moon for the United States. He was accompanied on this voyage of the command module "America" and the lunar module "Challenger" by Eugene Cernan, spacecraft commander, and Harrison H. (Jack) Schmitt (lunar module pilot). While Cernan and Schmitt completed their explorations of the Taurus-Littrow landing area down on the lunar surface, Evans maintained a solo vigil in lunar orbit aboard the "America", completing assigned work tasks which required visual geological observations, hand-held photography of specific targets, and the control of cameras and other highly sophisticated scientific equipment carried in the command module SIM-bay. Evans later completed a 1-hour, 6-minute extravehicular activity during the transearth coast phase of the return flight, successfully retrieving three camera cassettes and completing a personal inspection of the equipment bay area. This last mission to the moon for the United States broke several records set by previous flights which include: longest manned lunar landing flight, 3 01 hours, 51 minutes; longest lunar surface extravehicular activities, 22 hours, 4 minutes; largest lunar sample return, an estimated 115 kg, 249 lbs.; and longest time in lunar orbit, 147 hours, 48 minutes. Apollo 17 ended with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean approximately 0.4 mile from the target point and 4.3 miles from the prime recovery ship, the USS TICONDEROGA.
Completing his first space flight, Captain Evans logged 301 hours, 51 minutes in space-1 hour, 6 minutes of which were spent in extravehicular activity. He holds the record of more time in lunar orbit than anyone else in the world.
Evans was backup command module pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. This joint United States-Soviet Union earth-orbital mission, launched successfully in July 1975, was designed to test equipment and techniques that would establish an international crew rescue capability in space, as well as permit future cooperative scientific missions.
Evans retired from the United States Navy on April 30, 1976, with 21 years of service, and remained active as a NASA astronaut involved in the development of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. He served as a member of the operations and training group, within the astronaut office, responsible for launch and ascent phases of the Shuttle flight program.
Evans retired from NASA in March 1977 to become a coal industry executive.
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/Apollo 17", 6½x3¾. Commemorative cover for Apollo 17's December 10, 1972 "Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI)", 8-cent "United States in Space" stamp affixed, postmarked Cape Canaveral, FL, December 10, 1972. Ronald E. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating the "Apollo 17 Splashdown", 8-cent flag stamp affixed, postmarked Cape Canaveral, FL, December 19, 1972, the date of the splashdown of Apollo 17. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover depicting an astronaut in a space capsule after splashdown, 8-cent imprinted postage, pictorially postmarked Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 19, 1972, the date of the Apollo 17 splashdown. read more...
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RON EVANS (Apollo 17 astronaut). Cover signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3½. 8-cent "Riding on Moon" stamp postmarked Cape Canaveral, Dec 16, 1972, Apollo 17 rubber-stamped cachet. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/Apollo 17", 6½x3¾. Special Cover honoring the Moon landing of Apollo 17, 8-cent wildlife conservation stamp affixed, Barstow, California, December 6, 1972. Return address of the NASA Goldstone STDN Station, Barstow, California. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Special cover honoring the Moon landing of Apollo 17, 8-cent stamp flag stamp affixed, postmarked Houston, TX, December 11, 1972. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Air Mail envelope commemorating "Apollo 17/7th & Last Lunar Landing", 25-cent and 45-cent Argentine stamps affixed, illegible Argentina postmark. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/Apollo 17", 6½x3¾. Cover for the "Space Shuttle/NASA Logo Cancellation", 13-cent "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land" stamp picturing the Liberty Bell affixed, pictorially postmarked New Orleans, LA, July 6, 1977. Ronald E. read more...
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RON EVANS The Apollo astronaut signs a cover commemorating the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/AV CMP", 6½x3½. Space read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/Apollo XVII", 6½x3¾. Cover for the "Space Shuttle/Nasa Logo Cancellation", 13-cent "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land" stamp picturing the Liberty Bell affixed, pictorially postmarked Saint Louis, MO, July 1, 1977. Ronald E. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover picturing the three Apollo 17 astronauts, 8-cent "A Decade of Achievement" stamp picturing the lunar rover affixed, pictorially postmarked Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 7, 1972, the date of the launch of Apollo 17. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Commemorating "The City of Chicago Welcomes Apollo 17 Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, Harrison H. Schmitt", 8-cent "Stamp Collecting" stamp affixed, pictorially postmarked Chicago's Philatelic Center, March 17, 1973. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover honoring Evans' "Transearth EVA", 8-cent flag stamp affixed, postmarked Cape Canaveral, FL, December 17, 1972. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating the "Successful Moon Landing" of Apollo 17, 8-cent flag stamp affixed, postmarked Vandenberg AFB, CA, December 11, 1972, the date of the Moon landing. Stamped at lower left margin: "Pt. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
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RON EVANS. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Ron Evans", 6½x2½. Airmail space cover, pictorially postmarked Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 19, 1972. Cachet honors the Apollo 17 splashdown, "The end of America's/assault on the moon". read more...
Sale Price $270.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/10-2-78", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating "The City of Chicago Welcomes Apollo 17 Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt", 8-cent flag stamp affixed, pictorially postmarked Chicago's Philatelic Center, March 17, 1973. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/Apollo 17 10-2-78", 6½x3¾. Cover for the "Space Shuttle/NASA Logo Cancellation", 13-cent imprinted "Liberty Tree" postage, pictorially postmarked Palmdale, CA, July 13, 1977. Ronald E. read more...
Sale Price $288.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/Apollo 17/10-2-78", 6½x3¾. Cover for the "Space Shuttle/NASA Logo Cancellation", 13-cent imprinted "Liberty Tree" postage, pictorially postmarked Edwards, CA, July 13, 1977. Ronald E. read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS and R.G. ANDERSON. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans 10-2-78" and "R.G. Anderson/R Adm U.S.N.", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating the Apollo 17 read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/11-77", 6½x3¾. Cover honoring "Apollo 17 Launch", 8-cent "A Decade of Achievement" stamp picturing the lunar rover affixed, pictorially postmarked Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 7, 1972, the date of the launch. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
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RONALD E. EVANS. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans/11-77", 6½x3¾. Cover honoring the "Apollo 17 Launch", 8-cent "A Decade of Achievement" stamp picturing the lunar rover affixed, pictorially postmarked Kennedy Space Center, FL, December 7, 1972, the date of the launch. Ronald E. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
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RONALD E. EVANS and HARRISON SCHMITT. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans" and "Harrison H. Schmitt", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating "America in Lunar read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS and HARRISON SCHMITT. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans" and "Harrison Schmitt", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating "Putting Flag on Moon", read more...
Sale Price $396.00
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RONALD E. EVANS and HARRISON SCHMITT. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Harrison Schmitt" and "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating the Apollo 17 read more...
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RONALD E. EVANS and HARRISON SCHMITT. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Ron Evans" and "Harrison H. Schmitt", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating "S-IVB Impacts Lunar Surface", three 3-cent "Atoms for Peace" stamps affixed, postmarked Patrick Air Force Base, FL, December 10, 1972. read more...
Sale Price $396.00
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RONALD E. EVANS and HARRISON SCHMITT. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Jack Schmitt" and "Ron Evans", 6½x3¾. Cover commemorating "3rd Moon EVA Astronauts Cernan - Schmitt", 8-cent flag stamp affixed, postmarked Patrick Air Force Base, FL, December 13, 1972. read more...
Sale Price $396.00
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