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Apollo 11

  • December 15, 2018

Lunar Module Computer Table Used in the LM Mission Simulator

This Apollo Navigational Computer Information Table was originally installed...

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  • November 3, 2013

My selfie with Neil Armstrong

At the Apollo 13 40th anniversary celebration at The...

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  • November 3, 2013

Peter Max Apollo 11 Moon Footprint art print

This rare limited-edition Peter Max poster measuring 19″ x...

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Apollo 13

  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 13 Post-Mission Crew Press Conference transcript

Apollo 13 was the US space program’s “finest hour”...

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  • January 4, 2015

Apollo Command Module Main Control Panel 2F

This CM Panel 2F controls the Cryogenics and Environmental...

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  • November 3, 2013

My Apollo 13 40th anniversary photo

I attended the Apollo 13 40th anniversary celebration at...

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Apollo Artifacts Blog

  • January 21, 2007

About the Apollo Artifacts blog and the author / collector

Growing up in America in the 1960s, the excitement of space exploration was everywhere....

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  • January 20, 2007

Apollo Artifacts Blog

The first human stepped foot on the moon in July 1969. Since then, only...

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Astronauts

  • October 14, 2025

Jim McDivitt’s Apollo 14 LRL badge

Jim McDivitt, who was Commander of Apollo 9, became Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft...

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  • October 14, 2025

Weekend with Apollo astronauts and a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center

This past weekend I had a chance to attend an Apollo astronaut event and...

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  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 15 CSM Updates checklist used in training

This 6″x 8″ Apollo 15 CSM Updates training manual dated March 29, 1971 was...

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Badges

  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 17 lunar module flown RCS / Common cue card

This cue card directly from the Gene Cernan collection was flown to the lunar...

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  • October 14, 2025

Jim McDivitt’s Apollo 14 LRL badge

Jim McDivitt, who was Commander of Apollo 9, became Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft...

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  • October 14, 2025

Kennedy Space Center access badges for the Apollo 16 mission

A collection of twelve badges that were previously owned by a 34-year KSC security...

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Checklists and Cue Cards

  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 13 Lunar Module Malfunction Procedures checklist used in training

An original 8½”x 11″ Apollo 13 Lunar Module Malfunction Procedures checklist dated April 1,...

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  • October 14, 2025

Flown Apollo 17 lunar surface checklist page

This is page 7-8 of the Apollo 17 lunar surface checklist, used on the lunar...

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  • January 4, 2015

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...

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Command and Service Modules

  • October 14, 2025

CSM Shut off valve

This valve, manufactured by Vacco Valves of El Monte, CA on July 7, 1967...

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  • October 14, 2025

Apollo Command Module Environmental Control System Valve Shutoff

This Environmental Control System valve was designed for the Apollo Block I CSM Left...

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  • October 14, 2025

Apollo Command Module SIM Bay camera second-generation film

The Apollo Command Modules for Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 were equipped...

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Flown in Space

  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book

This 3-hole punched Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book acquired from the Gene Cernan...

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  • January 4, 2015

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...

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  • June 10, 2014

Apollo 12 Flown Command Module Rotational Controller Handle

My favorite artifact in my collection is this fantastic Command Module Rotational Controller Handle...

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Lucite

  • January 5, 2008

Apollo 9 heat shield plug Lucite display

This is a circular chunk of the heat shield from Apollo 9. Heat shields...

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  • March 18, 2007

Apollo 15 beta cloth patch Lucite display

This interesting Lucite display reads “FIRST MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVEN ON THE MOON. Fiberglass materials...

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  • February 1, 2007

Apollo 11 Mylar Command Module Thermal Coating in Lucite

I had always wanted an interesting flown item from Apollo 11, the first lunar...

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Lunar Module

  • October 14, 2025

Apollo Lunar Module Back Pressure Regulator

This Apollo Lunar Module Back Pressure Regulator was used in conjunction with propellant system....

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  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 17 lunar module flown RCS / Common cue card

This cue card directly from the Gene Cernan collection was flown to the lunar...

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  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 13 Lunar Module Malfunction Procedures checklist used in training

An original 8½”x 11″ Apollo 13 Lunar Module Malfunction Procedures checklist dated April 1,...

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Lunar Receiving Laboratory

  • October 14, 2025

Jim McDivitt’s Apollo 14 LRL badge

Jim McDivitt, who was Commander of Apollo 9, became Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft...

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  • January 5, 2008

LRL Moon Rock Secondary Sample Containers


    The secondary sample storage container, used in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory allowed...

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  • January 5, 2008

Lunar sample 1″ scale cube

This is an exact replica 1″ scale cube to those that are used to...

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Marketing the Moon Book

  • June 23, 2014

Discussing Marketing the Moon on MSNBC

In this clip, I’m discussing the ideas in my book (written with Rich Jurek)...

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  • November 3, 2013

Marketing the Moon

My friend and fellow Apollo enthusiast Richard Jurek and I wrote a book to...

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Mission Control

  • October 14, 2025

Gene Kranz’ Apollo 11 patch

This AB Emblems Apollo 11 patch came from the personal collection of former NASA...

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  • October 14, 2025

Gene Kranz Mission Control Console Sign

This is the actual MOD (Mission Operations Director) sign that sat atop the Mission...

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  • November 3, 2013

My Apollo 13 40th anniversary photo

I attended the Apollo 13 40th anniversary celebration at The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space...

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NASA Books

  • February 9, 2007

Chariots for Apollo: A history of manned lunar space missions

Chariots for Apollo: A history of manned lunar space missions (by Courtney G. Brooks,...

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  • January 28, 2007

NASA books

The official NASA publications are a great resource. Some have become quite rare.

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Press Related Items

  • October 14, 2025

Apollo 13 Post-Mission Crew Press Conference transcript

Apollo 13 was the US space program’s “finest hour” as what was on the...

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  • November 3, 2013

Apollo 8 RCA slow scan TV camera training unit

The slow-scan, black-and-white television system used on Apollo 7 and Apollo 8 shot only...

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  • July 24, 2009

Hornet Plus Three: The Story of the Apollo 11 Recovery

Since today is the 40th anniversary of the splashdown and recovery of Apollo 11...

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Russian Space Program

  • January 28, 2007

Russians in Space

This interesting book about Russians astronauts and the Russian space program by Evgeny Riabchikov...

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  • January 28, 2007

Apollo Soyuz Test Project flown kapton lucite

This small piece of protective material from the command module of the Apollo Soyuz...

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Saturn V

  • October 14, 2025

Saturn V Instrument Unit directional CCS PCM antenna

This funky looking item is a Saturn V Instrument Unit directional CCS/PCM Antenna array....

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  • October 14, 2025

Weekend with Apollo astronauts and a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center

This past weekend I had a chance to attend an Apollo astronaut event and...

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  • January 6, 2008

Apollo Saturn S-II (Second Stage) liquid hydrogen vent and relief valve

Apollo Saturn S-II (Second Stage) Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) dual function tank Vent and Relief...

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Signed Astronauts Biography

  • January 28, 2007

Russians in Space

This interesting book about Russians astronauts and the Russian space program by Evgeny Riabchikov...

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  • January 28, 2007

Signed astronaut biographies

I collect signed astronaut and other Apollo biographies. Since I am a writer (three...

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Spacesuits

  • November 3, 2013

Apollo Food Restrainer Pouch

This 17″ x 3.5″ beta cloth Food Restrainer Pouch was manufactured by Whirlpool for...

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  • November 3, 2013

Apollo Astronaut BioMed Sensor Assembly

Manufactured by Welson & Co. in October 1971, the unit is a cotton duck...

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  • March 18, 2007

Apollo CSM “Cobra Head” communications control assembly

This beautifully crafted communications control assembly was used for routing communications, biomedical signals, and...

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