Placards:
• “Prototype build of the Apollo 11 flag, strapped to a leg of the Lunar Module.” More from my flickr post
• “Apollo 11 Spacecraft Handle. The only flown external handle from the Apollo program; the rest were destroyed because of the four radioactive glow-in-the-dark tabs.” More
• “Buzz Aldrin’s under armor, worn on the first moon landing” More
• “Apollo 16 Cuff Checklist worn by John Young during his jump salute photo on the moon. It contains the instructions for their lunar surface activities.”
• “Mars Viking spacecraft engine, used for the first landing on Mars.” More
• “Viking Biological Instrument — the first machine to test for life on Mars. This is the only flight-ready unit on Earth.” More
• “The second-largest Mars rock in private hands, Dar al Gani 1037” More
• “The largest slice of the moon on Earth, NWA5000 from the lunar highlands” More
• Planet labs satellite: “When Dove’s Fry: the fully functional Planet Labs satellite that tweeted Yo after surviving a massive Orbital rocket explosion” Explosion at night and more amazing high-res NASA photos at The Verge
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