Apollo 8 moon flown heatshield presentation first US astronauts Ed Gibson and Bill Pogue

Ed Gibson and Bill Pogue

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this piece contains actual flown spacecraft material

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A total of 100 such beta cloth patches were flown in total since none of Ken Mattingly have been offered yet

Apollo 8 moon flown heatshield presentation first US astronauts Ed Gibson and Bill PogueFlown heatshield material material mounted on a 7x9'' rigid foam board certified on the backside. Apollo 8 was the first mission to the Moon and back. It was the first manned mission to launch on the Saturn V and the crew took the first pictures of the Earth from deep space. The source of this heatshield is a larger block formerly encased in lucite and given to NASA workers and VIPs as a recognition of their work in the Apollo program. Flown artifacts