F. Curtis Michel Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
F. CURTIS MICHEL
Born: June 5, 1934 in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Died: February 26, 2015 in Houston, Texas
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.
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 First Day Cover honoring the United States in Space signed by the former NASA astronaut in black ink First Day Cover signed: "F. Curtis Michel", 6½x3½. First Day Cover honoring U.S. read more...
Sale Price $63.00
$70.00
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F. CURTIS MICHEL The astronaut pens his autograph under a typed sentiment: "With Compliments" on this 3½x1¾ card, in black ink Printed Card Signed in Ink: "F. Curtis Michel" in black ink. 3½x1¾. F. read more...
Sale Price $81.00
$90.00
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HENRY "HANK" HARTSFIELD, CO-SIGNED BY JOHN "ANTHONY" LLEWELLYN, ANTHONY ENGLAND, BRIAN O'LEARY, AND F. CURTIS MICHEL Five NASA astronauts sign a first day of issue envelope read more...
Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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KAROL J. BOBKO CO-SIGNED BY JOHN "ANTHONY" LLEWELLYN, WILLIAM THORNTON, TONY ENGLAND, AND F. CURTIS MICHEL A group of astronauts signed this first day of issue envelope commemorating read more...
Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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NASA ASTRONAUTS Five astronauts sign this first day cover honoring the Apollo Soyuz Space Mission First Day Cover Signed: "Karol Bobko", "Hank Hartsfield", "Bob Overmyer", "John Bull", and "F. C. Michel", 6½x3½. read more...
Sale Price $306.00
$340.00
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COLONEL BOB OVERMYER, CO-SIGNED BY COLONEL DON PETERSON, WILLIAM THORNTON, F. CURTIS MICHEL, JOHN “ANTHONY” LLEWELLYN, AND DON LIND Six NASA astronauts sign a first day of issue read more...
Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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ANTHONY LLEWELLYN CO-SIGNED BY BOB OVERMYER, DON PETERSON, WILLIAM THORNTON, F.C. MICHEL, AND DON LIND Six NASA astronauts sign a first day of issue envelope commemorating the read more...
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BOB OVERMYER CO-SIGNED BY ANTHONY LLEWELLYN, HANK HARTSFIELD, DON PETERSON, JOHN BULL, AND F.C. MICHEL Six NASA astronauts signed a first day of issue envelope honoring the Apollo Soyuz Space read more...
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$400.00
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ASTRONAUT-SCIENTISTS The first group of scientists chosen by NASA as astronauts sign this photograph montage in black and blue ink Photograph Montage signed: "Owen Garriot", " read more...
Sale Price $595.00
$700.00
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NASA ASTRONAUTS This first day cover honoring Skylab is signed by six NASA astronauts in different colors of ink First Day Cover signed: "Karl G. Henize", "Phil Chapman", "John S. Bull", "Karol J. read more...
Sale Price $252.00
$280.00