This model is a very accurate, hand carved (from mahogany) and painted representation of the Saturn V rocket. The vehicle model stands 23.5″ tall including the base. This exquisite model, made by Nick Proach Models, is fully licensed by Boeing, McDonnell-Douglas and North American Aviation.
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This artifact, a flight ready spare, was designed at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama for the Saturn V flight control system. It consists of 10 Texas Instruments gold base metal hermetically sealed transistors, 20 glass Zener diodes, and 20 Allen Bradley carbon composition resistors. The back of the circuit board contains electrical
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This interesting Lucite display reads “FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVEN ON THE MOON. Fiberglass materials continue to play an important role in man’s exploration of space—from textiles in fire-safe suits, to reinforcement applications in the lunar and command modules and now in the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Owens Corning Fiberglas. July 30 to August 2, 1971.”
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This is an Apollo Command Module spacesuit suit hose connector used to connect to the CM bulkhead panel for suit oxygen and return. The serial number on it are: G14-824333 104-66 NC 06362 MAE2143
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Chariots for Apollo: A history of manned lunar space missions (by Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S. Swenson, Jr., NASA History Series SP-4205, first edition, 1979) is the definitive NASA account of the Apollo program. This was the personal copy of Laurence K. Loftin, Jr. In 1970 Loftin held the position of
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Nearly all of the common souvenirs and trinkets sold to tourists at the Kennedy Space Center during the time of Apollo are, well, let’s just say not that interesting. The stuff just looks cheap (at least to me). This Project Apollo mug is different. It is shaped like the Apollo Command Module and has clean
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This awkwardly titled book is a limited edition that was produced by CBS News for distribution to VIPs, advertisers, and affiliate executives. It provides an excellent overview of the historic conquest of the moon as reported to the American people by CBS News over the CBS Television Network. The images are all television screens and
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Of a Fire on the Moon is a fascinating synthesis of science and literature about the flight of Apollo 11 written from the unique vantage point of one of America’s premier literary journalists. This is a signed first edition, Little Brown, 1970. Mailer hung around Houston and the Cape for months to do his original
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I had always wanted an interesting flown item from Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission. This one inch square of Mylar encased in Lucite, would have been created by NASA as mementos for VIPs and people who worked on the mission.
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This Beta cloth PLSS cover, complete with hoses and angle connectors, was probably used for training. It was previously part of the collection of the Space Walk Hall of Fame. It is an incredible item that seems to be complete, with its NASA patch and Water Reservoir Rechage instructional tag. Having seen these things in
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