Jerome Apt Autographs
Jerome "Jay" Apt III (born April 28, 1949) is an American astronaut and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Before becoming an astronaut, Apt was a physicist who worked on the Pioneer Venus 1978 space probe project, and used visible light and infrared techniques to study the planets and moons of the Solar System from ground-based observatories.
Apt was a resident of Shadyside and graduated from Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1967. He went on to attend Harvard University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in physics in 1971. He then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a Doctor of Philosophy in physics in 1976. From 1976 to 1980 he was a staff member of the Center for Earth & Planetary Physics at Harvard, and served as the Assistant Director of Harvard's Division of Applied Sciences from 1978 to 1980. In 1980 he joined the Earth and Space Sciences Division of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as a scientist doing planetary research; he was science manager of the optical facilities at JPL's Table Mountain Observatory. From 1982 through 1985 he was a flight controller responsible for Shuttle payload operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He worked in the mission control center on missions STS-7, STS-8, STS-41B, STS-41C, STS-41D, STS-41G, STS-51A, and STS-51D (the last four as Payload Officer). In 1985 he was selected as an astronaut candidate, and qualified to become an astronaut after a year of training. He has over 7,000 hours piloting aircraft, has flown on four space missions and has logged over 847 hours in space.
In 1991, Apt flew on the STS-37 mission aboard shuttle Atlantis. He made two spacewalks with Jerry Ross, manually deploying the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory's radio antenna when it failed to do so automatically; on the next day their second spacewalk tested hardware later used on the International Space Station. During the second Extra Vehicular Activity the palm-bar in Apt's right glove punctured the suit. Apt's hand conformed to the puncture, filling the hole before any noticeable depressurization could occur. Apt was unaware of the puncture until the glove was examined after the mission. Despite being partially exposed to vacuum he sustained only a minor scar. In 1992, Apt flew on STS-47 aboard shuttle Endeavour as the flight engineer, and commander of one of the two shifts in this round-the-clock mission. In 1994, Apt was again a shift commander of the first Space Radar Laboratory mission, STS-59 aboard shuttle Endeavour. This lab studied the Earth. In 1996, Apt flew on STS-79 aboard shuttle Atlantis and visited the Russian Mir space station.
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Current items with a signature of Jerome Apt
These are the most current items with a signature of Jerome Apt that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Jerome Apt hand signed Index Card - NASA Astronaut - 4 Space Shuttle Flights | $11.96 |  |
 | Jerome Apt hand signed Index Card - NASA Astronaut - 4 Space Shuttle Flights | $11.96 | |
Traded items with a signature of Jerome Apt
The most expensive item with a signature of Jerome Apt (Jerome Apt - NASA Astronaut STS-47- 8x10 Signed Photo W/ COA #2) was sold in June 2025 for $54.00 while the cheapest item (Jerome Apt Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo NASA Astronaut Space Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in August 2023. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2020 with an average selling price of $6.38 for an autographed item of Jerome Apt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $54.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was August 2023. In average, an autographed item from Jerome Apt is worth $4.26.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Jerome Apt were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | JEROME APT Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO & 3X5 CARD - NASA ASTRONAUT | $2.51 |  |
 | Jerome Apt - NASA Astronaut - Autographed Postal Cover | $3.28 | |
| Jerome Apt - NASA Astronaut STS-47- 8x10 Signed Photo W/ COA #2 | $54.00 | |
 | JEROME APT 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO S - NASA ASTRONAUT | $5.75 | |
| JEROME APT 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO S - NASA ASTRONAUT | $4.75 | |
| JEROME APT 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO S - NASA ASTRONAUT | $11.00 | |
| JEROME APT 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO S & 3X5 CARD - NASA ASTRONAUT | $6.75 | |
| JEROME APT 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO S - NASA ASTRONAUT | $8.25 | |
| JEROME APT 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 PHOTO S - NASA ASTRONAUT | $9.67 | |
| JEROME APT Authentic 2 Hand Signed Autograph 4X5 & 4X4 Photo S - NASA ASTRONAUT | $8.00 | |
| JEROME APT Authentic Hand Signed 4x6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT | $3.00 | |
| JEROME APT Authentic Hand Signed 4x6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT | $1.25 | |
| JEROME APT Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - - NASA ASTRONAUT | $2.51 | |
| JEROME APT Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT | $5.51 | |
| JEROME APT Authentic Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo - NASA ASTRONAUT | $2.91 | |
