When my wife and I underwent a major renovation and addition project to our mid-century modern home, we used this as an ideal opportunity to build a showcase for my collection of Apollo artifacts. It was important to plan for where things would go from the start of the project more than two years before […]
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Apollo: The Panoramas I just got my copy of the new book Apollo: The Panoramas by Mike Constantine and it is absolutely fascinating. The Apollo astronauts from each lunar landing mission did several series of panorama photographs. They would stand in one position and turn around while taking a series of a dozen or so
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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.
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Apollo 7 flown “Paul Haney: Are you a Turtle Cue?” card 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
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Apollo Command Module Main Control Panel 2F This CM Panel 2F controls the Cryogenics and Environmental System controls and is positioned in front of the CM pilot and LM pilot. The panel contains cryogenic tank indicators, cabin fan switches, H2 and O2 heaters, O2 pressure, H2 and O2 fans, cabin temperature, and much more. This
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Omega Speedmaster Professional ST 105.012 This Omega Speedmaster Professional model ST 105.012 is the model watch with a 321 Calibre movement worn by both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission, in July 1969. Although Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong was first to set foot on the moon,
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Discussing Marketing the Moon on MSNBC In this clip, I’m discussing the ideas in my book (written with Rich Jurek) Marketing the Moon. Besides the amazing photos we curated many never seen before, and the stories we tell from our dozens of interviews, there are lessons in the book for businesspeople. Direct link to the
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Apollo 12 Flown Command Module Rotational Controller Handle My favorite artifact in my collection is this fantastic Command Module Rotational Controller Handle used on Apollo 12, which I acquired from the personal collection of Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean. It is a milled aluminum handle, approximately 4.5″ tall with a black “trigger” and
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Flown Apollo 17 T&D; cue card This Apollo 17 T&D; cue card was an important tool during the outbound journey from the earth to the moon. It was used to ensure the correct sequence of maneuvers to execute the transposition and docking of the Command /Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM) which for
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This Apollo 17 T&D cue card was an important tool during the outbound journey from the earth to the moon. It was used to ensure the correct sequence of maneuvers to execute the transposition and docking of the Command /Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM) which for liftoff had been located in the
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