Greg Jarvis Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
GREG JARVIS
Born: August 24, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan
Died: January 28, 1986 in Cape Canaveral, Florida
Died: January 28, 1986 in Cape Canaveral, Florida
GREGORY B. JARVIS PAYLOAD SPECIALIST (Deceased)PERSONAL DATA: Born August 24, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. He is survived by his wife, Marcia. Greg Jarvis was an avid squash player and bicycle rider. He also enjoyed cross country skiing, backpacking, racquet ball, and white water river rafting. For relaxation, he played the classical guitar.AWARDS: Posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.EDUCATION: Graduated from Mohawk Central High School, Mohawk, New York, 1962; received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1967; a masters degree in electrical engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1969. Mr. Jarvis also completed all of the course work for a masters degree in management science, West Coast University, Los Angeles, California.EXPERIENCE: While pursuing his masters degree at Northeastern, Mr. Jarvis worked at Raytheon in Bedford Massachusetts, where he was involved in circuit design on the SAM-D missile. In July 1969, he entered active duty in the Air Force and was assigned to the Space Division in El Segundo, California. As a Communications Payload Engineer, in the Satellite Communications Program Office, he worked on advanced tactical communications satellites. He was involved in the concept formulation, source selection, and early design phase of the FLTSATCOM communications payload. After being honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1973, with the rank of Captain, he joined Hughes Aircraft Companys Space and Communications group, where he worked as a Communications Subsystem Engineer on the MARISAT Program. In 1975, he became the MARISAT F-3 Spacecraft Test and Integration Manager. In 1976, the MARISAT F-3 was placed in geosynchronous orbit. Jarvis became a member of the Systems Applications Laboratory in 1976, and was involved in the concept definition for advanced UHF and SHF communications for the strategic forces. Joining the Advanced Program Laboratory in 1978, he began working on the concept formulation and subsequent proposal for the SYNCON IV/LEASAT Program. In 1979, he became the Power/Thermal/Harness Subsystem Engineer on the LEASAT Program. In 1981, he became the Spacecraft Bus System Engineering and in 1982, the Assistant Spacecraft System Engineering Manager. He was the Test and Integration Manager for the F-1, F-2, and F-3 spacecraft and the cradle in 1983, where he worked until the shipment of the F-1 spacecraft and cradle to Cape Kennedy for integration into the Orbiter. Both the F-1 and F-2 LEASAT spacecraft have successfully achieved their geosynchronous positions. Mr. Jarvis worked on advanced satellite designs in the Systems Application Laboratory. He was selected as a payload specialist candidate in July 1984.NASA EXPERIENCE: Mr. Jarvis was a payload specialist on STS 51-L which was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 11:38:00 EST on January 28, 1986. The crew on board the Orbiter Challenger included the spacecraft commander, Mr. F.R. Scobee, the pilot, Commander M.J. Smith (USN), mission specialists, Dr. R.E. McNair, Lieutenant Colonel E.S. Onizuka (USAF), and Dr. J. A. Resnik, and fellow civilian payload specialist, Mrs. S. C. McAuliffe. The STS 51-L crew died on January 28, 1986 when Challenger exploded after launch.
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GREG JARVIS - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: COLONEL RICHARD "DICK" COVEY, MIKE (JOHN M.) LOUNGE, WILLIAM FISHER, MAJOR GENERAL JOE ENGLE, JAMES D. A. VAN HOFTEN - HFSID 28922GREG JARVIS and DISCOVERY STS-51I CREW: JOE ENGLE, DICK COVEY, MIKE LOUNGE, WILLIAM "BILL" FISHER and JAMES "OX" VAN HOFTEN The five members of the Discovery STS-51I crew
Sale Price $1,657.50
$1,950.00
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GREG JARVIS - COMMEMORATIVE ENVELOPE SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: COLONEL RICHARD "DICK" COVEY, MIKE (JOHN M.) LOUNGE, WILLIAM FISHER, MAJOR GENERAL JOE ENGLE, JAMES D. A. VAN HOFTEN - HFSID 80643GREG JARVIS and DISCOVERY STS-51I CREW: JOE ENGLE, DICK COVEY, MIKE LOUNGE, WILLIAM "BILL" FISHER and JAMES "OX" VAN HOFTEN The five crewmembers of the Discovery STS-51I mission and Jarvis (who was removed from the crew at the last minute) pen their names on this commemorative envelope.
Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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GREG JARVIS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 167295GREG JARVIS Letter written by the payload specialist to an admirer describing the kind of experiment he had planned on conducting during the ill-fated Challenger 51-L mission Typed Letter Signed: "Greg Jarvis" 1p, 8½x11. NASA, Lyndon B.
Sale Price $850.00
$1,000.00
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GREG JARVIS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED CIRCA 1985 - HFSID 167052GREG JARVIS Letter from the payload specialist describing his objectives for the upcoming Challenger 51-L mission Typed Letter Signed: "Greg Jarvis" 1p, 8½x11. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, no date but late 1985 or January 1986. To Jamie.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER - STS - 51L CREW - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: LT. COLONEL ELLISON S. "EL" ONIZUKA, GREG JARVIS, RONALD E. McNAIR, LT. COLONEL DICK (FRANCIS R.) SCOBEE, CHRISTA McAULIFFE, JUDITH A. "JUDY" RESNIK, CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. SMITH - HFSID 292068Official NASA photograph of the crew of the ill-fated Challenger mission STS-51L. Challenger exploded in midair on January 28, 1986, making it the deadliest accident in NASA history until the destruction of the Columbia in 2003. This rare photograph contains the signatures of all seven crewmembers of STS-51L, who are shown in flight suits and holding their helmets. All seven people in this photo perished in the Challenger disaster
Price: $15,000.00
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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER - STS - 51L CREW - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: LT. COLONEL ELLISON S. "EL" ONIZUKA, GREG JARVIS, RONALD E. McNAIR, LT. COLONEL DICK (FRANCIS R.) SCOBEE, CHRISTA McAULIFFE, JUDITH A. "JUDY" RESNIK, CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. SMITH - HFSID 350567This official NASA photograph is a crew photo of the ill-fated Challenger mission STS-51L, which exploded in midair on Jan. 29, 1986 and which was the deadliest accident in NASA history until the destruction of the Columbia in 2003. This rare photograph contains the signatures of all seven crew members of STS-51L, who are shown in flight suits and holding their helmets. All seven people in this photo died in the Challenger disaster. Comes with a signed statement by a Kennedy Space Center employee, who collected these signatures with the help of a fellow employee.
Price: $15,000.00
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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER - STS - 51L CREW - COLLECTION WITH LT. COLONEL ELLISON S. "EL" ONIZUKA, GREG JARVIS, RONALD E. McNAIR, LT. COLONEL DICK (FRANCIS R.) SCOBEE, CHRISTA McAULIFFE, JUDITH A. "JUDY" RESNIK, CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. SMITH - HFSID 91147CHALLENGER STS-51L: FRANCIS R. "DICK" SCOBEE, MICHAEL J. SMITH, RONALD E. "RON"McNAIR, ELLISON "EL" S. ONIZUKA, JUDITH A. "JUDY" RESNIK, GREG JARVIS and CHRISTA McAULIFFE Collection framed in the Gallery of History style to 42x28.
Sale Price $4,250.00
$5,000.00
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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER - STS - 51L CREW - PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK CO-SIGNED BY: LT. COLONEL ELLISON S. "EL" ONIZUKA, GREG JARVIS, RONALD E. McNAIR, LT. COLONEL DICK (FRANCIS R.) SCOBEE, CHRISTA McAULIFFE, JUDITH A. "JUDY" RESNIK, CAPTAIN MICHAEL J. SMITH - HFSID 334947This official NASA photograph is a crew photo of the ill-fated Challenger mission STS-51L, which exploded in midair on January 28, 1986 and was the deadliest accident in NASA history until the destruction of the Columbia in 2003. This rare photograph contains the signatures of all seven crewmembers of STS-51L, who are shown in flight suits and holding their helmets
Sale Price $9,350.00
$11,000.00