Bidspirit auction | NASA Astronaut William ”Bill” Pailes

NASA Astronaut William ”Bill” Pailes signed STS-51-J Atlantis checking weather conditions prior to Landing Space Envelope. Colonel Pailes flew as a payload specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3-7, 1985) which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. STS-51-J was the second Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. It was also the maiden voyage of the Atlantis orbiter. Pailes travelled over 1.6 million miles in 64 Earth orbits and logged more than 97 hours in space. Good condition Est.