Crushed-Out Man Stole Sally Ride's Flight Suit

Walking by a replica of Sally Ride's flight suit during visits to NASA and Space Center Houston, Calvin Dale Smith would snicker. Later, he told his wife that he knew the location of Ride's original flight suit. He didn't tell her that it was in their home, in a duct tape-wrapped suitcase. As Wiredreports, Smith allegedly got his hands on Ride's flight suit while working as a contractor at Boeing's Flight Group Processing Office, which maintains the suits. During his time there, he also stole a NASA Omega watch and several machined spaceship parts (including a safety tether and airlock parts). According to court documents (pdf), Smith's wife turned in her husband, who had previously served jail time for domestic violence, after being asked to send her estranged husband his belongings. He wanted a suitcase, "the suitcase." Though the first American woman in space's blue jumpsuit is estimated to fetch ...