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SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
  • SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE
SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE

SALLY RIDE * Ride Estate Signed COA * NASA STS-7 Mission T-Shirt FLOWN IN SPACE

$1,500.00

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SALLY RIDE'S PERSONALLY OWNED & WORN "TFNG" T-SHIRT POSSIBLY FLOWN IN SPACE WITH RIDE ESTATE COA

 

First American Woman in space DR. SALLY K. RIDE personally owned and worn size Medium blue "TFNG" t-shirt that matches the same shirt as worn on Ride's history-making debut in space during the STS-7 mission. The shirt was obtained by us from Sally Ride's estate. A remarkably personal and intimate artifact of Ride's ground-breaking space journey.


TFNG stood for "Thirty Five New Guys", the intentionally ambiguous acronym for NASA Astronaut Group 8 – although it was also colloquially known to mean "The F*cking New Guy(s)" – a phrase used to denote newcomers to a military unit. Group 8 is also known for being the first class of astronauts to include women. Astronauts Judy Resnik and Jim Buchli designed the popular class logo depicting a Space Shuttle with 35 astronauts clinging to it.


Although it cannot be 100% conclusively photo matched, the shirt was estate-described as "noticeably smaller and less vibrant in color", indicating that "...this was undoubtedly the one Ride actually wore" (more frequently).


In the June 1983 photos, Ride is seen performing a variety of tasks aboard the space shuttle Challenger as crew member on the historic, six-day STS-7 mission. Ride would go on to become the first American woman to fly twice, with a lifetime total of more than 343 hours spent in space. A two-time Challenger space shuttle astronaut, she would go on to serve on the Rogers Commission, the presidential commission investigating the Challenger disaster. Ride died of pancreatic cancer in 2012.


The Sally Ride TFNG t-shirt is accompanied by a COPY of the COA from Mark Roesler, Chairman & CEO of CMG Worldwide, the Official Intellectual Property and Licensing Representative of the Sally Ride Estate certifying that this t-shirt (and others) were personally owned by Sally Ride. 


NOTE: This auction is only for the single blue TFNG shirt shown. The others are shown for reference only. 


Ride, the youngest American astronaut to have flown in space at just 32, was the first American woman in space, and only the third internationally after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.



Condition is as shown. NOTE: Item ships folded. Shirt exhibits typical signs of age, wear and use. One of the very few personally-owned and space-related Ride items to have come to market. 


SIGNATURIST-INK is one of eBay's leading dealers of authentic space-related autograph and artifacts – widely authenticated across the board by respected names such as BAS, PSA/DNA, JSA, and ZARELLI SPACE, and is one of the most respected and trusted sellers of Apollo autographs.

UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE - simply one of the finest space-related artifacts currently available on the market. An investment-quality acquisition for any collection. 

Sold as is, as shown.

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