A fifty-page segment of a microfilmed bible carried to the lunar surface in the space suit of Lunar Module Pilot Ed Mitchell. The bible was produced by the Apollo Prayer League, a group of NASA engineers, scientists, administrators and astronauts. The project was headed by Rev. John Stout, who worked closely with the astronauts and NASA personnel. The microfilm segment contains fifty pages of the King James Bible, which can easily be read under a microscope and represents the first and still only Bible that ever flew to the lunar surface. The microfilmed section is mounted on an 5 x 7 presentation sheet which describes the full story of this item, and is signed at the bottom, “Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14.” The bottom of the sheet notes that this portion was presented to the Thomas F. Dutton Family. This lunar Bible actually flew to the moon on three missions before it finally made it to the lunar surface. It was first packed onboard the Apollo 12 spacecraft, but an error in the lunar landing checklist resulted in the Bible being left onboard the Command Module. It was then placed onboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft, but due to an onboard explosion, the crew did not make a descent to the lunar surface. Finally, while being personally carried in the pocket of his space suit, astronaut Ed Mitchell made it onto the lunar surface with the Bible during the Apollo 14 mission. In very fine condition. COA Scott Cornish and R&R COA.
