F. Curtis Michel Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
F. CURTIS MICHEL
Born: June 05, 1934 in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Died: February 26, 2015 in Houston, Texas
F. Curtis Michel
NASA Astronaut (Former)
PERSONAL DATA: Born June 5, 1934, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He is married and has a son and a daughter. His hobby is photography, and he enjoys tennis, handball, and baseball.
EDUCATION: Graduated from C. K. McClatchey High School, Sacramento, California; received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Physics in 1955 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1962, both from the California Institute of Technology.
ORGANIZATIONS: Member of the American Physical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Astronomical Society.
EXPERIENCE: Michel was a junior engineer with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Companys Guided Missile Division before joining the Air Force in 1955. As an AFROTC graduate, he received flight training at Marana Air Force Base, Arizona, and at Laredo and Perrin Air Force Bases in Texas. During his three years of military service, he flew F-86D Interceptors in the United States and in Europe.
Following his tour of active duty in the Air Force, he was a research fellow at the California Institute of Technology---doing experimental and theoretical work in nuclear physics. He came to Houston in July 1963 and became a member of the faculty at Rice University. His efforts there were directed to researching and teaching space sciences, such as the interaction of solar winds and the lunar atmosphere.
He has accumulated 1,000 hours flying time and 900 hours in jet aircraft.
Dr. Michel was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in June 1965. He resigned in September 1969 to return to teaching and research, and was Department Chairman of the Space Physics and Astronomy Department at Rice University in Houston, Texas, from 1974 to 1979. He has been the Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics since 1974. He was named a Guggenheim Fellow to the University of Paris, France, from 1979 to 1980, and has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt, Senior U.S. Scientist Award to study in Heidelberg, from 1982 to 1983.
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F. CURTIS MICHEL - PRINTED CARD SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 263722Card features an autograph by F. Curtis Michel, written in black ink beneath the typed sentiment, "With Compliments." Michel, a former NASA astronaut from the 1965 astronaut group, resigned in 1969, opting for a career in academia.Price: $90.00
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COLONEL HENRY "HANK" HARTSFIELD JR. - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 54258First day cover signed by NASA astronauts Henry "Hank" Hartsfield, John "Anthony" Llewellyn, Anthony England, Brian O'Leary, and F. Curtis Michel. It commemorates the ten-cent Mariner-Venus/Mercury stamp, postmarked Pasadena, CA/Apr/4/1975.
Price: $400.00
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COLONEL ROBERT OVERMYER - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 54260First day cover signed by five astronauts, including "Karol Bobko," "Hank Hartsfield," "Bob Overmyer," "John Bull," and "F. C. Michel." Postmarked at Kennedy Space Center on July 15, 1975, honoring the Apollo Soyuz Space Mission.
Price: $400.00
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COLONEL ROBERT OVERMYER - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 48199First day cover commemorating the Mariner 10 Mission is signed by six NASA astronauts: "Don Peterson," "W. Thornton," "F. C. Michel," "Bob Overmyer," "Anthony Llewelyn," and "Don Lind." It is postmarked "Pasadena, CA Apr/4/1975."
Price: $360.00
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COLONEL ROBERT OVERMYER - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 48196First day cover signed by six NASA astronauts, including "Bob Overmyer", "Anthony Llewellyn", "Hank Hartsfield/NASA Astronaut", "Don Peterson", "John Bull", and "F. C. Michel", postmarked Kennedy Space Center, Florida, July 15, 1975.
Sale Price $315.00
$380.00
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HARRISON "JACK" SCHMITT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 84734Photograph montage signed by astronaut-scientists "Owen Garriott", "F. Curtis Michel", "Joe Kerwin", "Ed Gibson", and "Harrison H. Schmitt", featuring signatures in black and blue ink. Notable astronauts from NASA's early missions.
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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KARL G. HENIZE - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 48197First day cover honoring Skylab is signed by six NASA astronauts: "Karl G. Henize", "Phil Chapman", "John S. Bull", "Karol J. Bobko", "Tony England", and "F.C.S. Michel". It is postmarked Houston, TX, May 14, 1974.
Price: $380.00
