Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
NASA ASTRONAUT (Former)
PERSONAL DATA: Born in Fayette, Mississippi, on November 12, 1937. Married. Three children.
EDUCATION: Attended schools in Fayette and Meridian, Mississippi; received a bachelor of aeronautical engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959.
SPECIAL HONORS: Decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, two Legion of Merit, Navy Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Meritorious Service Award. His NASA awards include the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, two NASA Space Flight Medals, and two NASA Exceptional Service Medals. He is also the recipient of the Air Force Association's David C. Shilling Award (1978), Society of Experimental Test Pilot's Ivan C. Kincheloe Award (1978), the American Astronautical Society's Flight Achievement Award (1977), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Haley Space Flight Award (1980), the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy (1982), the Thomas D. White Space Trophy (1982), the Robert J. Collier Trophy (1982), the Harmon International Trophy (1982), the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Gold Space Medal (1984), the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Eagle Scout Award , and the Medal of Honor of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
EXPERIENCE: Truly was ordered to flight school and was designated a Naval Aviator on October 7, 1960. His initial tour of duty was in Fighter Squadron 33 where he flew F-8 Crusaders aboard USS Intrepid (CVA-11) and USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and made more than 300 carrier landings. From 1963 to 1965, he was first a student and later an instructor at the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In 1965, he was among the first military astronauts selected to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory program in Los Angeles, California. He became an astronaut for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in August 1969. He was a member of the Astronaut support crew and capsule communicator for all three of the manned Skylab missions (1973) and the Apollo-Soyuz mission (1975). Truly was pilot for one of the two-man crews that flew the 747/Space Shuttle Enterprise approach and landing test flights during 1977. He was then assigned as a backup pilot for STS-1, the first orbital flight test of the Shuttle. His first flight into space (STS-2, November 12-14, 1981) was as pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia, significant at the first manned spacecraft to be reflown in space. His second flight (STS-8, August 30 to September 5, 1983) was as commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was the first night launch and landing in the Shuttle program. As a Naval Aviator and test pilot, Truly has over 7,000 hours in numerous military jet aircraft.
Truly left NASA in 1983 to become the first commander of the Naval Space Command, Dahlgren, Virginia. He served as NASA Administrator from 1989-1992.
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RICHARD H. TRULY Richard H. Truly signed piece of paper in black ink Signature: "Richard H Truly/RADM, USN". 5x3 white paper. RICHARD H. TRULY (born 1937) was among the first military astronauts selected in1965 and became a NASA astronaut in 1969. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY Color NASA publicity photograph of Richard H. Truly in a space suit holding his helmet Photograph Inscribed and Signed: "Best wishes/Bill-/Richard H Truly". Color 8x10, printed caption at lower margin. RICHARD H. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY NASA color photo, posed in a civilian suit, his hands resting on a scale model of a LEM Photograph Inscribed and Signed: "Good luck to/Teddy Sherman-/Richard H Truly". Color 8x10, NASA photograph with name printed in bottom margin. Richard H. Truly (b. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY Color NASA publicity photograph of Richard H. Truly in a space suit holding his helmet Photograph Inscribed and Signed: "Best wishes/to Dennis Spalding-/Richard H Truly". Color 8x10, printed caption at lower margin. RICHARD H. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY Color publicity photograph of an older Richard H. Truly in his Navy dress uniform Photograph Signed: "Richard H Truly". Color 8x10. RICHARD H. TRULY (born 1937) was among the first military astronauts selected in 1965 and became a NASA astronaut in 1969. read more...
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CHALLENGER: 1983 All five astronauts aboard STS-8 sign this commemorative cover. Philatelic envelope signed: "Guion S. Bluford, Jr.," "Richard H. Truly," "Dan Brandenstein," "Dale Gardner," and W. Thornton," 6½x3¾. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY and JOE H. ENGLE Richard Truly and Joe Engle sign envelope commemorating STS-2 Commemorative Envelope Signed: "Richard H. Truly/Joe Engle". 6 ½ x3 ½. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY and JOE H. ENGLE Richard Truly and Joe Engle sign an envelope commemorating the Columbia Commemorative Envelope Signed: "Richard H Truly" and "Joe Engle". 6½x3½ . Black stamped cachet honoring the Columbia Space Shuttle on left side. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY and JOE ENGLE The two astronauts pens their names on this commemorative envelope honoring the Baker Nunn Spacetrack Commemorative Envelope Signed: “Richard H. Truly”, “Joe Engle”, and one unidentified signer. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY and JOE H. ENGLE Richard Truly and Joe Engle sign envelope commemorating STS-2 Commemorative Envelope Signed: "Richard H. Truly/Joe Engle". 6½ x3½. read more...
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RICHARD H. TRULY Left hand print traced and signed by the military/ NASA astronaut, in black ink Hand print Signed: "Richard H Truly". Color 7½x10. RICHARD H. TRULY (born 1937) was among the first military astronauts selected in 1965 and became a NASA astronaut in 1969. read more...
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CHALLENGER: STS-8 All five astronauts aboard the first shuttle to be launched at night sign a special cover. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Guion S. Bluford, Jr.", "Dan Brandenstein", "Richard Truly", "Dale Gardner" and "W. read more...
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Both commanders and both pilots of the final Enterprise test flights signed this color photo of themselves posed in front of their Shuttle, matted to 14x11. This is from the personal collection of astronaut Jack Lousma, who has signed his authenticating certification on verso. read more...
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FRED HAISE, CHARLES GORDON FULLERTON, JOE ENGLE and RICHARD H. TRULY. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Fred Haise", "Joe Engle", "Gordon Fullerton" and "Richard H. Truly", 6½x3½. read more...
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SHUTTLE & 747 CREWS: FRED W. HAISE, CHARLES GORDON FULLERTON, AND OTHERS 8 crew members sign this commemorative envelope honoring Space Shuttle Enterprises Commemorative Envelope signed: read more...
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ENTERPRISE TEST FLIGHT: RICHARD TRULY, JOE ENGLE and RICHARD MANN They sign a commemorative envelope celebrating a test of the space shuttle Enterprise. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Joe Engle", "Richard Truly", and "David F. Mann/11-15-78/MUGUT SMTAS ENGR", 6½x3½. read more...
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RICHARD TRULY and JOE ENGLE Inscribed and signed NASA photo, with space shuttle Enterprise behind them. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To James Blake/Best Regards/from the crew of /'Enterprise'/Joe Engle" and " Richard H. Truly", "Joe Engle". Color, 10x8. Official NASA photo. read more...
Sale Price $324.00
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FRED HAISE, CHARLES GORDON FULLERTON, JOE ENGLE and RICHARD H. TRULY Philatelic envelope signed by Fred Haise, Joe Engle, Gordon Fullerton adn Richard Truly Philatelic Envelope signed: "Fred Haise", "Joe Engle", "Gordon Fullerton" and "Richard H. Truly", 6½x3½. read more...
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ENTERPRISE. Philatelic Envelope signed: "Joe Engle", "Richard Truly", "Skip Guidry", "Vic Horton", "Fitz Fulton" and "Tom McMurtry", 6½x3½. Space Cover, 13-cent embossed "Liberty Tree" envelope postmarked Edwards, CA, September 13, 1977. read more...
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JOE H. ENGLE CO-SIGNED BY: THOMAS McMURTRY, FITZ FULTON, VIC HORTON, SKIP GUIDRY, RICHARD H. TRULY Commemorative envelope of the second free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise, signed by the crew of read more...
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RICHARD TRULY and JOE ENGLE Both sign a commemorative envelope celebrating a test of the space shuttle Enterprise. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Joe Engle", "Richard Truly", 6½x3½. read more...
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ASTRONAUTS: SPACE SHUTTLE STS-2 COLUMBIA Booklet signed: "Joe Engle" and "Richard H. Truly," 2½p, 8½x11. Official NASA Mission Report signed on the cover by the two-man crew. Headlined: "Columbia's Second Mission-STS-2, the First Flight of a 'Used' Spacecraft. read more...
Sale Price $288.00
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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER: STS-8 MISSION Commemorative Envelope signed by all five crew members: Truly, Brandenstein, Gardner, Bluford and Thornton Commemorative Envelope signed: "Richard Truly", "Dan Brandenstein", "Dale Gardner", "Danon Bluford Jr.", "W Thornton", 6½x3½. read more...
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STS-2 CREW: JOE ENGLE and RICHARD TRULY The two-man crew of the space shuttle Columbia's second orbital flight are pictured in space suits with a model of the orbiter. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Arthur -/Richard Truly", "Joe Engle". Color, 10x8. Official NASA photo, shown in spacesuits with a model of the shuttle. read more...
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STS-2 CREW: JOE ENGLE and RICHARD TRULY The two-man crew of the space shuttle Columbia's second orbital flight sign an envelope commemorating the mission. Commemorative Envelope signed: "Richard Truly", "Joe Engle" and an autopen signature reading "Richard H. read more...
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STS-2 CREW: JOE ENGLE and RICHARD TRULY The two-man crew of the space shuttle Columbia's second orbital flight sign an envelope commemorating the orbiter's landing. Commemorative Envelope signed: read more...
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Inscribed and signed NASA color photo of the Enterprise shuttle test vehicle, flown by Truly and Engle in 1977, bearing Shuttle stamps cancelled during their later orbital flight aboard Columbia (1981). read more...
Sale Price $324.00
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