From the personal collection of astronaut Al Worden—a flown Canadian flag, 5.75 x 3.25, carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission, signed and flight-certified in black ink, "Flown to the moon on Apollo 15, Alfred M. Worden, Apollo 15." The flag is matted with a plaque, a photo of Jim Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, a photo of Worden taken at the time of signing, and an official NASA lithograph of Worden in his white space suit, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Roy Gutzke-with best wishes, Al Worden." Framed together to an overall size of 32 x 18.
A stellar moon-orbiting ode to the Canadian people, direct from the personal archives of Al Worden, who, as the CMP for the Apollo 15 mission, spent three days alone in the capsule, in the process becoming the individual who traveled the farthest from any other human being, a record he still holds. During Apollo 15's return flight to Earth, Worden performed a spacewalk to retrieve film cassettes from cameras on the exterior of the spacecraft. The EVA was the first in 'deep space' history, and, as of 2021, it remains the one that has taken place farthest from Earth.
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