NTE2cg5150.xml Guide to the John Fabian Letter to Richard Fry, Pullman 1985 Fabian (John) Letter to Richard Fry, Pullman Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 5150 Fabian, John McCreary, 1939- John Fabian Letter to Richard Fry, Pullman 1985 0.1 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Folder A single letter, written by NASA astronaut and WSU graduate John Fabian shortly after his first Space Shuttle flight in 1983, detailing some of his observations about space flight Collection materials are in English

John McCreary Fabian (1939-) was raised in Pullman, WA, and graduated from Pullman High School. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from WSU in 1957, and then joined the Air Force. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, and entered a NASA training program in 1978. Fabian flew on two space shuttle missions, STS-7, Challenger, June 1983; and STS-51G, Discovery, June 1985.

This is a single personal letter consisting of seven numbered pages, single-sided, written by NASA astronaut John Fabian to Washington State University News Bureau Manager Richard ‘Dick’ Fry. In the letter, written in 1983 a few weeks or months after Fabian flew his first shuttle mission, STS-7, on the Challenger, Fabian details some of his personal observations about his space flight.

This collection is open and available for research use.

Copyright restrictions apply. Dick Fry described this as a personal letter from Fabian to him, not part of any university work, and so copyright remains with John Fabian.

Additionally, Fabian includes a small “don’t print this” note to Dick Fry regarding one sentence; though this mention appears relatively minor and inconsequential, users will not be allowed to reference that without Fabian’s permission.

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John Fabian Letter to Richard Fry, Pullman, 1983 (Cage 5150)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

Richard Fry donated this letter to the Washington State University Libraries’ Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections in July, 2022.

University Archivist Mark O’English processed this collection in August, 2022.

Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-7 checklist, 1983 (Cage 4806)

A large quantity of clippings, photographs, and supporting materials regarding Fabian and his flights can be found in the WSU News Subject Files, 1940-2011 (Archives 333) in box 37.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Fabian, John McCreary, 1939- -- Archives United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Challenger (Spacecraft) Manned space flight. Space shuttles. Space vehicles. Science