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Impressive archive of 130 color NASA medical ID photo cards from the Space Shuttle era, which were developed for use by over 100 NASA astronauts. Each glossy card, 2.75 x 1.75, identified as a “Medical Certification for Spaceflight,” features a portrait image of the respective astronaut with class, expiration date, and the names of the astronaut and NASA examiner (the latter’s signature inherent to the original form). The collection includes a total of nine ‘complete’ examples, which are laminated and contain microfilm swatches to the lower left corner; these swatches contain “identification, emergency notification, and important medical history” relative to the bearer. These laminated examples include astronauts Judy Resnik, Bruce McCandless II, Owen Garriott, Katharine Thornton, Blaine Hammond, Mark Lee, Karl Henize, David Walker, and Michael Foale.
The balance of the archive is unlaminated and without microfilm, and includes a large selection of Shuttle-era astronauts, a group highlighted by Challenger astronauts Dick Scobee, Michael Smith, Ron McNair, and Ellison Onizuka, with Resnik (laminated) represented above. Other astronauts include: Sally Ride (who is represented a toal of nine times), Deke Slayton, Fred Haise, Ken Mattingly, Vance Brand, Bruce McCandless II, Bob Crippen, Guion Bluford, Ed Gibson, Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Joe Engle, Joe Kerwin, Joe Allen, Gordon Fullerton, Karol Bobko, Charles Bolden, Karl Henize, John Blaha, Michael Coats, Dick Covey, Rick Hauck, Katharine Thornton, Guy Gardner, John Fabian, Hank Hartsfield, Robert ‘Hoot’ Gibson, Anna Fisher, William Fisher, Dale Gardner, Mark Lee, Frank Culbertson, Linda Godwin, Kevin Chilton, William Lenoir, Carl Meade, Marsha Ivins, Mae Jemison, Tom Henricks, Donald McMonagle, Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Roy Bridges, James Buchli, Ronald Grabe, Jeffrey Hoffman, David Hilmers, Don Lind, David Low, Shannon Lucid, Tony England, Mike Lounge, Daniel Brandenstein, Sam Gemar, Terry Hart, Sid Gutierrez, Michael L. Lampton, Robert Cabana, Frederick Gregory, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Tammy Jernigan, Shannon Lucid, Mike Mullane, Story Musgrave, Bob Overmyer, Rhea Seddon, Richard Truly, Norm Thagard, Paul Weitz, Stuart A. Bergman, and more. In overall fine condition, with a clipped corner to the Bergman card.
