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 Identifier

NASM.2014.0009

Creator

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Date

bulk 1969

Provenance

Jeannie Fowlston, Gift, 2013

Extent

0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This mass-produced certificate appears to have been presented to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) employees in appreciation for their support of the Apollo Program. The item measures 16 by 20 inches and has color illustrations, including one of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) on the Moon with two astronauts in the foreground. Besides the illustrations, the certificate has printed signatures of the three Apollo 11 astronauts as well as Ozro M. Covington, Assistant Director for Manned Flight Support; Dale W. Call, Network Director; and James M. Stevens, Network Operations Manager. There is one authentic signature, which is for George W. Farris, Station Director for NASA at Goldstone California Space Flight Tracking and Data Network Station in Barstow, California. This particular certificate was presented to Joe Leachman.

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Citation

Apollo XI Certificate, Accession 2014.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Astronautics

Manned space flight

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Certificates