Race to the Moon ASTRONAUTS 1961-70 |
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| Five Mercury Men: Schirra, Shepard |
| Slayton, Glenn, Cooper; and Glenn |
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| Congressman John Glenn |
| launching a new career |
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| Wally Schirra orbited with "Sigma 7" |
| and denied use of autopen here (cont) |
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| Scott Carpenter |
| only made one trip |
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| A typed letter from the Gemini 4 duo |
| James McDivitt and Edward White II |
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| Gemini V and VI cards signed by |
| Conrad, Cooper,Schirra and Stafford |
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| Gemini VII and IX cards signed by |
| Lovell, Borman, Stafford and Cernan |
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| Gemini XI signed Conrad and Gordon, also |
| Apollo 7 with Scirra, Eisele and Cunningham |
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| the spectacular Apollo 8 first Moon |
| orbiting Borman, Lovell and Anders (hr) |
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| Mercury astronaut "Deke" Slayton |
| was medically grounded until Apollo 18 |
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| Genmini Astronaut Frank Borman |
| the first on Dark Side of the Moon |
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| Individual cards signed by Jim Lovell, |
| Frank Borman and Gordon Cooper |
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| The path to the Moon began disastrous |
| Grissom, Chaffee and White was killed |
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| Cunningham and Schirra initiating |
| the first successful Apollo mission |
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| Cunningham and Eisele of Apollo 7 |
| and Fred Haise of thrilling Apollo 13 |
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| Walt Cunningham of Apollo 7 signing |
| his previously autopenned photo |
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| Donn Eisele only went with the |
| first Apollo into history |
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| Gemini astronaut James McDivitt |
| also commanded the premier Apollo |
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| Rusty Schweickart went for it ! |
| on the Apollo 9 mission |
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| Gene Cernan went to the Moon twice |
| once orbiting, once walking! |
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| John Young made six space missions |
| and became the 9th moonwalker |
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| Gordon Cooper went with "Faith 7" on |
| the last most endure Mercury mission |
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| Autopenned Apollo 11 photo |
| scarce even in autopen version |
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| Apollo 13 photo signed by Lovell |
| and Haise; also autopenned by all three |
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| First moonwalker Neil Armstrong |
| a modern and desired rarity !! |
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| Individual autographs of Apollo 11 |
| Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin |
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| a nice dedication from "Buzz" |
| Edwin Aldrin, second moonwalker |
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| Mike Collins who orbited the Moon |
| with Armstrong and Aldrin "downed" |
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| one more Armstrong this time |
| with a precious inscription! |
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| Apollo 12 photo both autopenned |
| and hand signed by all three |
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