Gene Cernan’s flown Lunar Module star chart and star list, both deriving from the G&N Dictionary that was carried to the lunar surface aboard the LM Challenger during the historic Apollo 17 mission, both signed and flight-certified in black felt tip, “Flown to the Lunar Surface, Gene Cernan.” The star chart, 8 x 5.5, contains dozens of stars and constellations; a total of 37 stars are numbered to correspond with the accompanying star list. The “Star List,” 6 x 8, dated June 15, 1972, with a tab marked “Stars, Verbs, Nouns,” features a list of all of the stars featured on the star chart, listed by number and alphabetically. Included among the stars on both are those named in honor of the Apollo 1 crew: Navi (Ivan Grissom), Regor (Roger Chaffee), and Dnoces (Ed White the ‘Second’). Included with the LM charts is a signed certificate of authenticity from Cernan, who states: “This is to certify that the accompanying Apollo 17 Lunar Module Star Chart and Star List were flown in the Lunar Module 'Challenger' to the Lunar surface in the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon…and used with the Alignment Optical Telescope to determine the Lunar Module's orientation in space or on the Moon…This Star Chart and Star List, from the flight and data file, have remained a treasured part of my personal space collection ever since NASA presented them back to me in 1973, after my return from the Moon.” All three items are archivally matted and framed together to an overall size of 30 x 14. In overall fine condition. Accompanied by two certificates of authenticity from Moonpans, one of which shows Cernan posing with his flown Apollo 17 G&N Dictionary, the source of the flown star chart and star list. A hugely appealing Apollo 17 flown presentation display containing two items critical to the safe celestial navigation of the last Apollo moon-landing expedition.
