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Apollo Artifacts: Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 flown heel restraints

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Laquo; Apollo Command Module Instrument Panel 16. Apollo: The Panoramas ». Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 flown heel restraints. This pair of heel restraints was used in the Apollo 14 command module during liftoff. They were used to secure the astronaut’s feet in place during the violent early stages of the Saturn V launch to prevent injury. The restraints are made of a very lightweight metal and heavy duty stirrup straps with Velcro closures. The items were manufactured by B. Welson Co. Follow me on Twitter.

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 11 flown data file clip

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Laquo; Marquardt R-4D Apollo spacecraft attitude control engine. Alan Bean painting Boy, you can sure move on this surface ». Apollo 11 flown data file clip. This flown data file clip was originally from the collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin and was used on the historic Apollo 11 mission. The clip is 1.75" x 2.25" x 0.75" and made of lightweight aluminum. It would have been used to hold charts and checklists during the mission. Posted by David Meerman Scott. Follow me on Twitter.

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book

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Laquo; Flown Apollo 9 Exer-Genie Astronaut Exerciser. Apollo 8 RCA slow scan TV camera training unit ». Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book. This 3-hole punched Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book acquired from the Gene Cernan collection was carried to the lunar surface and used aboard the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger in the Taurus-Littrow valley of the moon during the last Apollo lunar landing mission in December 1972. The writing in these pages was all written while on the surface of the moon. The data ...

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 7 flown "Paul Haney: Are you a Turtle Cue?" card

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Laquo; Apollo Command Module Main Control Panel 2F. Apollo Command Module Instrument Panel 16 ». Apollo 7 flown "Paul Haney: Are you a Turtle Cue? This is the cue card that Walt Cunningham held up during the Apollo 7 mission as a question for Paul Haney. NASA Public Affairs Officer and Voice of Mission Control . The question refers to the Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles. Once inducted, a member must reply to the question, "Are you a turtle? Schirra confirmed, "That's right." Eisele added, "You...

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Apollo Artifacts: Alan Bean painting "Boy, you can sure move on this surface"

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Laquo; Apollo 11 flown data file clip. Marketing the Moon ». Alan Bean painting "Boy, you can sure move on this surface". My wife Yukari Watanabe Scott. And I commissioned this fantastic painting from Apollo 12 astronaut and artist Alan Bean. Boy, you can sure move on this surface". Here is the story that Alan wrote describing the painting:. Moving fast on the moon was hard work, but it was fun too. Someday adventurous humans from planet earth will return to the moon to run and jump and do things in ...

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 10 Lunar Module flown right angle camera bracket

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Laquo; My selfie with Neil Armstrong. Marquardt R-4D Apollo spacecraft attitude control engine ». Apollo 10 Lunar Module flown right angle camera bracket. This bracket was carried to the moon and used aboard the Lunar Module. During the Apollo 10 mission in May 1969. This Apollo 10 bracket was used with the first camera to film the approach to the Apollo 11 landing site to 50,000 feet. The prior photographs were all taken from 50 miles in altitude. Posted by David Meerman Scott. Follow me on Twitter.

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo Command Module Instrument Panel 16

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Laquo; Apollo 7 flown Paul Haney: Are you a Turtle Cue? Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 flown heel restraints ». Apollo Command Module Instrument Panel 16. This instrument panel controlled The Crewman Optical Alignment Sight (COAS) power and docking light controls for use in the critical maneuver of docking the Apollo Command Module with the Lunar Module. It is located just below the docking window on the right side of the main instrument panel. Posted by David Meerman Scott. Having trouble reading this image?

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 9 flown mechanical pencil

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Laquo; Apollo 8 RCA slow scan TV camera training unit. My selfie with Neil Armstrong ». Apollo 9 flown mechanical pencil. For most Apollo missions, the stowage lists show that each astronaut carried a Garland mechanical pencil. According to Chris Spain’s excellent Space Flown Artifacts. Site, despite the worldwide fame of the Fisher Space Pen it is probably the humble Garland mechanical pencil that was the most heavily-used writing instrument on the Apollo missions. Posted by David Meerman Scott. Andrew ...

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Apollo Artifacts: Marketing the Moon

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Laquo; Alan Bean painting Boy, you can sure move on this surface. Flown Apollo 17 T&D cue card ». My friend and fellow Apollo enthusiast Richard Jurek and I wrote a book to be published by MIT Press titled Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program. Gene Cernan, Apollo 17 Commander and the last man to walk on the moon wrote the foreword to the book. We're working with MIT Press on the final edits now and the book is scheduled for publication in very March, 2014. In July 1969, ninety-four...

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Apollo Artifacts: Flown Apollo 9 Exer-Genie Astronaut Exerciser

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Laquo; Apollo 9 flown Command Module Star Chart Panel. Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book ». Flown Apollo 9 Exer-Genie Astronaut Exerciser. The off-the-shelf Exer-Genie personal exerciser was perfect for spacecraft use because of its small size. Prior to Apollo 7, the astronauts were charged with finding a way to stay fit. For my book Marketing the Moon. Written with Richard Jurek, we interviewed Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 astronaut, about how the Exer-Genie was selected for space flight. This particular E...