ARMSTRONG, Neil; Jack Swigert; Dave Scott [Kevin Steen].
Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover.
Rare Original 1971 Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover; Signed by Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott
Florida: Kennedy Space Center, 1971.
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Item Number: RRB-150575
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Rare original 1971 Apollo 14 launch day cover signed by Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott. Apollo 14 "Man on the Moon" envelope depicting an astronaut in his space suit walking on the moon, ink stamped by the official NASA postal station "Kennedy Space Center FL Jan 31, 1971 PM", First Man on the Moon stamp to the top right corner. Addressed in type to Kevin Steen, a cancer-stricken boy who was a special guest at two Apollo liftoffs and was invited onboard the recovery ship for Apollo 17. Boldly signed by three Apollo astronauts on the verso in black felt tip, "Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11", "Jack Swigert, Apollo 13", and "Dave Scott, Apollo 9." In fine condition. Accompanied by photocopies of 1972 newspaper articles about Steen, documenting his unique involvement in the Apollo program.
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. First conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-man spacecraft to follow the one-man Project Mercury which put the first Americans in space, Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" by the end of the 1960s, which he proposed in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. A total of twelve astronauts had the opportunity to walk on the Moon between 1969 and 1972, becoming the first and only humans to set foot on another celestial body and marking a significant milestone in the advancement of our understanding of the universe.
Neil Armstrong, Jack Swigert, and Dave Scott Signed Apollo 14 Launch Day Cover.
$7,800.00
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