Incredible multi-signed ‘X-Press, NASA Flight Research Center' booklet from August 1969, which features an image of Neil Armstrong about to take his first step on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. The booklet is signed on the front and back covers, and on an inner page, in multicolored ink and felt tip by 41 astronauts, cosmonauts, and various other NASA notables, including the entire Apollo 11 crew and a total of eight moonwalkers. The front cover, signed by 16, includes the following: “To Maurie—with best wishes, Neil Armstrong, X-15, Gemini VIII, Apollo 11,” “Buzz Aldrin, Gemini XII EVA, Apollo XI,” “Michael Collins, Gemini X EVA, Apollo XI CMP,” “Alan Bean, Apollo 12, Skylab II (SL-3),” “Dave Scott, Gemini VIII, Apollo IX, Apollo XV,” “Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 LMP,” “Charlie Duke, Apollo 16, Apollo 11 CAPCOM,” “To Maurie, Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 Geologist,” “Gene Cernan, Gemini IX-EVA, Apollo X, Apollo XVII,” “Wally Schirra, Sigma 7, GT-6 & Apollo 7,” “Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7,” “Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9,” “Jim McDivitt, GT-4, Apollo 9,” “Alexei Leonov, 1st man walk in space, Voskhod-2, Soyuz 19 ASTP,” "Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP, Enterprise CDR," and “Tom Jones, STS-59-68-80-98.”
The back cover, signed by 19, is as follows: “Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7, SeaLab II,” “Guenter F. Wendt, Pad leader,” “Frank Borman, Gemini VII, CDR Apollo 8—1st lunar voyage,” “James Lovell, Gemini 7 Pilot, Gemini 12 CDR, Apollo 8 CMP, Apollo 13 CDR,” “Richard Gordon, Gemini XI EVA, Apollo XII CMP,” “Al Worden, Apollo 15 CMP, First deep space walk,” “Vance Brand, ASTP, STS-5, 41B & 35,” “Jack Lousma, SL-II EVA, STS-3 White Sands,” “Bruce McCandless II, STS 41-B, First MMU flight, Apollo 11 moonwalk CAPCOM,” “Joe Kerwin, Skylab I SPT (EVA),” “Paul Weitz, PLT, SL-I, CDR, STS-6,” “Sy Liebergot, Apollo EECOM,” “Charles F. Bolden, STS-61C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60,” “Pavel Popovich, Vostok-4, Soyuz-14,” “Valentina Tereshkova, First woman in space, Vostok-6,” “Valery Kubasov,” “Bob Smyth, Grumman Chief Test Pilot,” “Mike Mullane, STS 41D, 27, 36, Classified Mission,” and “Dee O’Hara—Astronaut Nurse, Mercury, Skylab.”
The inner fourth page is signed by six Space Shuttle astronauts—Clayton Anderson, Karol Bobko, Nicole Stott, Jerry L. Ross, Robert ‘Hoot’ Gibson, and Rhea Seddon—and record-holding RKA cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, with each adding mission designations. Includes a vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Armstrong taking his first lunar step, with the reverse bearing a “Fred Dudley Photography” stamp and marked #1 (includes original mailing envelope). In fine condition. Accompanied by certificates of authenticity from Novaspace and Aurora Galleries for the Scott, Collins, Schmitt, Cernan, and Haise autographs. Comes with CD-Rom with photos of 32 of the signers. CD also includes autograph key to all signatures with approximate dates of signatures.
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