Bidspirit auction | Skylab 4 Astronaut Bill Pogue

Skylab 4 Astronaut Bill Pogue signed Conquest of Space FDC PM Houston , TX May 14 1974 77013. William Reid Pogue (January 23, 1930 - March 3, 2014) was an American astronaut and pilot who served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a fighter pilot and test pilot, and reached the rank of colonel. He was also a teacher, public speaker and author. During his service as a flight instructor, Pogue was accepted as a trainee astronaut for NASA in 1966. His NASA career included one orbital mission as pilot of Skylab 4, whose crew conducted dozens of in-orbit research experiments and set a duration record of 84 days-the longest crewed flight-that was unbroken in NASA for over 20 years. The mission also had a dispute with ground control over schedule management that news media named The Skylab Mutiny. Pogue retired from the USAF and NASA a few months after he returned from Skylab, after which he taught and wrote about aviation and aeronautics in the U.S. and abroad. Pogue died in 2014, aged 84. Good condition. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.