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Apollo 13 flown couch material Lucite intended for Apollo 13 movie VIPs

Command and Service Module, Apollo 13, Astronauts, Flown in Space, Lucite / David Scott

The bottom of this fascinating artifact reads: “This is a segment of the actual backing restraint material removed from mission commander James A Lovell’s spacecraft couch aboard the Apollo 13 command module ‘Odyssey’. This artifact symbolizes one of the greatest human dramas to ever unfold in space during the near catastrophic mission of Apollo 13, […]

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Russians in Space

Astronauts, Russian Space Program, Signed Astronaut Biographies / David Scott

This interesting book about Russians astronauts and the Russian space program by Evgeny Riabchikov is an excellent English language primer on the subject. My copy has been signed by Valentina Tereshikova – Vostok 6 (first woman in space), Alexi Leonov – Voskhod 2 (World’s first EVA “Space walk”) ASTP, Valery Kubasov – Soyuz 6, ASTP,

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Signed astronaut biographies

Astronauts, Signed Astronaut Biographies / David Scott

I collect signed astronaut and other Apollo biographies. Since I am a writer (three books so far) and I know what it takes to write a book I find that signed books are more interesting than the signed photos that many others collect.

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First Man on the Moon pennant

Apollo 11, Astronauts / David Scott

After the Apollo 11 astronauts returned to earth in July 1969, the whole of America (and the world) went moon crazy. Souvenirs of all kinds were created. I like this pennant—it’s classic of the time period.

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Apollo 11 prime crew photo with autopen signatures

8 Comments / Apollo 11, Astronauts / David Scott

The astronauts became famous celebrities and many people wanted their autographs. When requests came in to the astronaut offices in Florida or Houston they were often fulfilled by using an autopen signature on a crew portrait. I find these items fascinating and have an example of each Apollo crew portrait with autopen signatures in my

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Emergency Cabin Repressurization procedures card from Apollo 16

Astronauts, Command and Service Module / David Scott

This card was used in training by the astronauts of the Apollo 16 mission. It outlined the procedures to repressurize the cabin of the Command Module in an emergency. The card has duct tape on the side to easily grab and Velcro on the back to affix it to its place in the CM. Presumably

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Apollo Artifacts

Apollo Artifacts

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Apollo 13 flown couch material Lucite intended for Apollo 13 movie VIPs

Russians in Space

Signed astronaut biographies

First Man on the Moon pennant

Apollo 11 prime crew photo with autopen signatures

Emergency Cabin Repressurization procedures card from Apollo 16

Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book

CSM Shut off valve

Apollo Command Module Environmental Control System Valve Shutoff

Apollo Artifacts