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This collection consists a memo and correspondence relating to the Apollo 8 broadcast as well as notes relating to various astronaut post-flight tours.
Identifier
NASM.1995.0025
Creator
Bourgin, Simon (Simon E.), 1914-
Date
1969
Provenance
Simon Bourgin, Gift, 1995, NASM.1995.0025
Extent
.01 Cubic feet (one legal folder)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the following: a memo to Hew Ryan, Deputy Director at the United States Information Agency (USIA), explaining how Simon Bourgin came to be the cocreator of the idea that the Apollo 8 crew read from the book of Genesis from the dark side of the moon; two letters Bourgin wrote Frank Frederick Borman, II on what he might say during that broadcast; notes on the Apollo 11 crew's world tour after their flight; and notes made from the East Asia tour of Borman and Walter Marty "Wally" Schirra, Jr. after the Gemini missions.
Arrangement note
No arrangment
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
Citation
Apollo 8 and 11 Notes and Letters [Bourgin], NASM.1995.0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Astronautics
Space flight
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials