Mario Runco Autographs

Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Naval officer and NASA astronaut. He was selected as an astronaut with in 1987.: 76  He flew three Space Shuttle missions, performed a spacewalk on his second mission, and is now retired both from NASA and the U.S. Navy.
Mario Runco, Jr. was born on January 26, 1952, in The Bronx, New York, to Mario and Filomena Ragusa Runco. Raised in the Highbridge neighborhood of The Bronx, his family moved to Yonkers, New York, in his early teen years. Runco graduated from Sacred Heart School, in the Bronx, NY in 1966 and Cardinal Hayes High School, the Bronx, NY in 1970. He earned a bachelor of science degree in meteorology and physical oceanography from the City College of New York in 1974 and a master of science degree in meteorology from Rutgers University in 1976. He played intercollegiate ice hockey on the City College of New York and Rutgers University teams.
He was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and Navy Pistol Expert Medal. He was also awarded three NASA Space Flight Medals (STS-44, STS-54 and STS-77), two Navy Sea Service Ribbons (USS NASSAU and USNS CHAUVENET ), and the Navy Battle Efficiency Ribbon (USS NASSAU ). He received a Rotary National Space Achievement Stellar Team Award (2002) for his work on the International Space Station’s (ISS’s) Science Window and the Window Observational Research Facility (WORF), He was also the recipient of the City College of New York's Townsend Harris Medal (1993), and the Cardinal Hayes High School Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman Award (1993). As an undergraduate, he received the City College of New York Class of 1938 Athletic Service Award and is believed to be the first person of Italian origin to fly in space, being decorated accordingly by the president of Italy in 1999. He received an honorary doctor of science degree from the City College of New York in 1999.
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Traded items with a signature of Mario Runco

The most expensive item with a signature of Mario Runco (MARIO RUNCO, JR. Signed 8x10 NASA ASTRONAUT Litho Photograph - To Douglas) was sold in June 2025 for $162.95 while the cheapest item (MARIO RUNCO autograph NASA hand signed 10-2533) found a new owner for $0.98 in July 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was July 2010 with an average selling price of $4.82 for an autographed item of Mario Runco. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $162.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.54 was September 2009. In average, an autographed item from Mario Runco is worth $10.15.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Mario Runco were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Astronaut Mario Runco hand signed 3x5 index card - 7949	$6.50
	astronaut Mario Runco signed photo	$5.00
	Hand Signed Astronaut Mario Runco Shuttle Space Program photo collection	$7.50
	Mario Runco Jr. - NASA Astronaut - Signed First Day Cover	$8.75
	Mario Runco signed 8x 10 NASA Litho Space Shuttle Astronaut Blue Space Suit	$10.50
	Mario Runco signed 8x10 NASA lithograph Shuttle Astronaut	$10.47
	MARIO RUNCO, JR. Signed 8x10 NASA ASTRONAUT Litho Photograph - To Douglas	$162.95
	MARIO RUNCO, JR. STS-44, 54, 77 NASA ASTRONAUT SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 PHOTO	$19.99
	MARIO RUNCO,JR. REAL Hand signed Autographed 8x10 photo (NASA Astronaut)	$15.99
	NASA Astronaut MARIO RUNCO JR signed FDC cachet cover SPACE SHUTTLE	$4.95
	NASA Astronaut MARIO RUNCO JR signed FDC cachet cover SPACE SHUTTLE	$4.95
	NASA Astronaut MARIO RUNCO JR signed FDC cachet cover SPACE SHUTTLE	$4.95
	Shuttle Astronaut Mario Runco Autograph Signed NASA 8x10 Litho Portrait Photo	$9.99
	STS-44 Astronaut MARIO RUNCO, JR. AUTOGRAPH Signed Photo NASA SPACE	$27.10
	STS-44 Astronauts JIM VOSS & MARIO RUNCO, JR. Signed Photo	$20.00