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Gene Kranz’s flown 2˝ x 1.75˝ swatch of couch material carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 13 mission, affixed to an 8 x 10 presentation certificate beside an Apollo 13 Beta cloth patch, reading, “This couch material flew in the Apollo 13 spacecraft, Presented to Eugene F. Kranz in recognition of your performance in MCC during Apollo 13.” Signed at the bottom in black ink by James Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise. In fine condition, with a few creases to the upper right. A superb flown display presented to the lead flight director of the harrowing Apollo 13 mission. The heroic rescue efforts of Kranz and his ‘White Team,’ dubbed the ‘Tiger Team’ by the press, in directing the Apollo 13 ‘lifeboat’ back to Earth earned Kranz and the Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
