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Space Shuttle astronaut adds missing signature to dollar bill signed by fellow crew in Florida
Guy Gardner added the final STS-27 autograph to a Burger Rob’s dollar bill, completing the crew set nearly 38 years after the mission.
- On Thursday night, former astronaut Guy Gardner visited Burger Rob's in Titusville to sign a dollar bill, completing the set of autographs from the 1988 STS-27 space mission nearly 38 years after the flight.
- Shelby Buffaloe discovered the STS-27 bill about a year ago while counting cash, and the restaurant's publicity prompted WESH to cover the discovery of the missing astronaut signature.
- Gardner participates in a Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex program for retired astronauts. After a fan sent him the WESH report, he promised, "I have to stop by Burger Rob's and finish the bill."
- The restaurant's tradition of collecting signed currency has attracted further memorabilia. Rob Buffaloe reported that visitors donated a Shuttle-era bill featuring astronaut John Glenn's autograph after seeing the original story.
- With both the STS-27 and John Glenn bills now fully signed, the owners of Burger Rob's are preparing a new presentation. Buffaloe stated, "We're going to do a heck of a display.
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Space Shuttle astronaut adds missing signature to dollar bill signed by fellow crew in Florida
After seeing WESH 2's report on a Titusville restaurant's dollar bill that was signed by all but one of the crew members from a 1980s Space Shuttle mission, the astronaut whose signature was missing paid a visit to finish the job.
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