Al Worden's flown American flag carried on the Apollo 15 Command Module 'Endeavour,' 6.25 x 4, signed and flight-certified in black felt tip, "Flown to the Moon on Apollo 15, Al Worden, CMP." In fine condition. Accompanied by a detailed letter of provenance signed by Worden, in part: "I hereby certify that the United States flag included with this letter and marked with my signature and flight number went to the moon aboard Apollo 15 in the spacecraft 'Endeavour.' It remained in the command module during the lunar orbit phase of the flight. It has been in my personal possession since then. Apollo 15 was the fourth manned lunar landing mission, carrying for the first time a lunar rover and a Scientific Instrument Bay in the Service Module. The flight was launched on July 26 and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on August 7, 1971, logging flight time of 295.2 hours and a distance of over 1.4 million miles. Dave Scott and Jim Irwin explored the region of Hadley Rille for three days while I conducted scientific experiments in orbit. On the return to Earth I performed a 38 minute Extra Vehicular Activity (Spacewalk) to recover film that had been exposed during the flight. Apollo 15 has been declared the most scientific flight in the Apollo series." Also includes Worden's own oversized color glossy 11 x 14 photo of the Apollo 15 CM 'Endeavour' in lunar orbit while carrying this flag, signed in black felt tip, "Al Worden, Apollo 15."
From the collection of Apollo 15 CMP Al Worden, and accompanied by a letter of provenance from his daughter Alison (Worden) Penczak.
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