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The
History Buff, 17509 Bearpath Trail, Eden Prairie, MN 55347 or
Palm Beach, FL, 33480 |
- APOLLO
12
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- Official
NASA Crew Signed Photo
- Accompanied
with an
- Apollo
12 Beta Cloth Space Suit Emblem
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- Apollo 12 Official NASA Crew
Signed Photo, accompanied
with an Apollo 12 Beta Cloth Space Suit Emblem from the
same bolt of cloth that made the emblems used the crew's flight
space suits and IVA garments, measures 9 in. by 9 in.
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- The all-Navy crew included Commander
Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr. (1930-1999), commander;
Commander Richard Francis “Dick” Gordon, Jr. (b.
1929), command module pilot; and Commander Alan LaVern
Bean (b. 1932), lunar module pilot. The sixth manned Apollo
crew and the second lunar landing mssion (November 14–24,
1969). Boldly signed in black felt-tip, left to right: "Charlie
Conrad "Richard Gordan" "Alan Bean".
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- Selected as an astronaut in
1962, Conrad was making his third spaceflight. He had been pilot
of Gemini 5 and command pilot of Gemini 11. Born 2 June 1930
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Conrad was 39 years old at the
time of the Apollo 12 mission. He received a B.S. in aeronautical
engineering from Princeton University in 1953.
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- Gordon had been pilot of Gemini
11. Born 5 October 1929 in Seattle, Washington, he was 40 years
old at the time of the Apollo 12 mission. Gordon received a B.S.
in chemistry from the University of Washington in 1951, and was
selected as an astronaut in 1963.
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- Bean was making his first spaceflight.
Born 15 March 1932 in Wheeler, Texas, he was 37 years old at
the time of the Apollo 12 mission. Bean received a B.S. in aeronautical
engineering from the University of Texas in 1955, and was selected
as an astronaut in 1963.
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- Photograph shows normal aging
and handling, beta cloth is clean, with slight, typical marginal
fraying to edge of cloth. $950. (#11087)
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