Flown fabric California state flag, 6 x 3.75, carried into lunar orbit during the Apollo 8 mission, affixed to an 8.25 x 10 presentation certificate signed in black felt tip by Bill Anders, James Lovell, and Frank Borman, with another hand adding an inscription, "To Buzz with best wishes & many thanks." The certificate features an affixed glossy photo of the Apollo 8 liftoff, with upper printed text reading: "This flag was carried aboard the first manned lunar orbit spacecraft., Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968." Matted and framed to an overall size of 12.5 x 13.5. In fine condition.
Bastian 'Buz' Hello began his career at the Glenn L. Martin Company creating booster rockets for intercontinental ballistic missiles before moving on to work at Rockwell Collins, where he ran Rockwell's operations for NASA at Cape Canaveral. Hello managed the Apollo program, working on Apollo 7 through Apollo 12, before being sent to Rockwell's California location to work on development of the space shuttle orbiter. After his work on the space shuttle, Hello became vice president of Rockwell's Aircraft Division, where he oversaw the development and manufacturing of the B-1 Bomber.
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