Limited edition Outer Space Exploration Series porcelain art plate, 10.5″ in diameter, commemorating the Apollo 8 mission, signed in black felt tip along the rim by astronaut Frank Borman. Manufactured by Viletta’s Arts, the plate, numbered 526, features a border and frame in gilt, and images of the spacecraft launch and a view of Earth from above the lunar surface on the canvas, reading above, “Apollo 8,” and below, “In the beginning…” The plate’s underside reads, in part: “Apollo 8, the epic mission which took man for the first time beyond the gravitational grasp of Earth. One of the historical ‘firsts’ of A–8 was the astronauts flyby on 60 miles above the surface...During that unforgettable circling of the moon...the world heard an American astronaut, Frank Borman, read Genesis from the Bible, ‘In the beginning…’” In fine condition, with two strips of adhesive remnants to underside. Pre-certified Steve Zarelli.
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