CANADIAN ASTRONAUT ASTROPHYSICIST NASA SPACE SHUTTLE STS-60 SIGNED LETTER 1984 !

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HERE’s A LETTER SIGNED BY ASTRONAUT
STEVE MACLEAN
(b. 1954)
CANADIAN ASTRONAUT and ASTROPHYSICIST,
MISSION SPECIALIST ON U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT (STS-60) ON “
ATLANTIS
” IN 2006
&
PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY 2008-2013.
MacLean served as a Mission Specialist on
STS-115
, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned on September 21, 2006. He became the first Canadian to operate the robotic arm
Canadarm2
. On September 13, he performed his first spacewalk, a 7-hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the P3/4 truss – the second Canadian to do so, after
Chris Hadfield
.
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HERE IS A LETTER SIGNED BY MACLEAN ON “
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
” CANADIAN FLAG LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED AT OTTAWA, CANADA, NOV. 1, 1984 TO JACK GOLDSTEIN AT CRANFORD, NJ, WRITING THAT IT WAS A PLEASURE TO RECEIVE HIS LETTER EXPRESSING HIS ENTHUSIASM TOWARDS THE “…
activities of the Canadian Astronaut Program
.”
MACLEAN ALSO DISCUSSES SPACE COVERS and EXPRESSES HIS HOPE THAT GOLDSTEIN “…
will continue to follow the Canadian progress in space exploration
…”
The document measures 8½” x 11” and is in very fine condition
.
THIS DOCUMENT WOULD MAKE A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR SPACE AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION - - A GREAT RELIC OF THE SPACE RACE!
BIOGRAPHY OF ASTRONAUT MACLEAN
Steven Glenwood MacLean
FRCGS
(born December 14, 1954) is a
Canadian astronaut
. He was the President of the
Canadian Space Agency
, from September 1, 2008 to February 1, 2013.
He was born in
Ottawa
, Ontario, and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of
Hull, Quebec
. They have three children. He enjoys
hiking
,
canoeing
,
flying
,
parachuting
and
gymnastics
. He currently resides in
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
.
Personal
MacLean attended
Merivale High School
in
Nepean, Ontario
. He received a
Bachelor of Science
degree in
physics
in 1977 and a
doctorate
in physics in 1983 from
York University
in
Toronto
. In 1977, he received the President's Award at York University (Murray G. Ross Award). He is a recipient of a
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
post graduate scholarship in 1980, two Ontario graduate scholarships, one in 1981 and the other in 1982, and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council postdoctoral fellowship in 1983.
He is an honorary fellow of Norman Bethune College at York University and president of the board of directors for the
Mont Megantic Observatory
project.
From 1974 to 1976, MacLean worked in sports administration and public relations at York University. From 1976 to 1977, he was a member of the Canadian National Gymnastics Team. He taught part-time at York University from 1980 to 1983. In 1983, he became a visiting scholar at
Stanford University
under
Nobel
Laureate
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
. He is a laser-physicist, and his research has included work on
electro-optics
, laser-induced fluorescence of particles and crystals and multi-photon laser spectroscopy.
MacLean served as a Mission Specialist on
STS-115
, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned on September 21, 2006. He became the first Canadian to operate the robotic arm
Canadarm2
. On September 13, he performed his first spacewalk, a 7-hour EVA to activate the solar panels on the P3/4 truss – the second Canadian to do so, after
Chris Hadfield
.
Honours
In 1994, he received an honorary doctorate from the
Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean
in
Quebec
, York University,
Acadia University
in
Wolfville
,
Nova Scotia
. In September 2006, Steve MacLean Public School was opened in Ottawa, named after him. In 2010 he visited the school on the occasion of the principal's retirement. MacLean was chosen as one of the first six astronauts in December 1983. He began to do training in February 1984. From 1987 to 1993 MacLean worked as a program manager for CSVS. MacLean was the chief science advisor for the International Space Station from 1993 to 1994. He was also program manager for the Advanced Space Vision System in 1987 to 1993. MacLean is an honorary Fellow of the
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
.
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