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Lot #421
Apollo 11

The Apollo 11 crew sign for a Saturn rocket developer

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The Apollo 11 crew sign for a Saturn rocket developer

Official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the Apollo 11 crew posing in their white space suits against a lunar backdrop, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Buzz Hello—Sincere thanks from Apollo 11—Neil Armstrong," "Michael Collins," and "Buzz Aldrin.” In fine condition.

Bastian 'Buz' Hello began his career at the Glenn L. Martin Company creating booster rockets for intercontinental ballistic missiles before moving on to work at Rockwell Collins, where he ran Rockwell's operations for NASA at Cape Canaveral. Hello managed the Apollo program, working on Apollo 7 through Apollo 12, before being sent to Rockwell's California location to work on development of the space shuttle orbiter. After his work on the space shuttle, Hello became vice president of Rockwell's Aircraft Division, where he oversaw the development and manufacturing of the B-1 Bomber.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #597 - Ended December 09, 2020





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