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Topic: Australian flags that were flown in space
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Ianhetho
Member Posts: 154
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 10-26-2020 02:15 PM
   
Have any Australian flags been taken to space? If so, have they been on the market? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 44984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-26-2020 03:30 PM
The flag of Australia was flown as part of the flag kit aboard each of the Apollo missions to the moon. Flags flown on Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 were presented to the country along with moon rock samples.Two medium and 50 small Australian flags were flown on STS-41G on behalf of first Australian in space Paul Scully-Power. Andy Thomas also flew Australian flags on each of his four missions (e.g. 55 small flags on STS-77). As for sales, Al Worden sold at least one Australian flag flown on Apollo 15 in 2011 through Heritage Auctions. |
rgarner
Member Posts: 1281
From: Shepperton, United Kingdom
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 10-26-2020 03:34 PM
I had some for sale going up to the ISS in February 2021, but they sold out. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3135
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 10-27-2020 04:34 AM
One flown on Gemini 4 by Jim McDivitt was sold by him via Novaspace back in 2012 for $750.An Australian flag flown on Gemini 10 by John Young was sold via RR Auction in May 2012 for $1,016. Note that the Apollo 15 flag flown by Worden sold for $3,346 back in 2011. |
Ianhetho
Member Posts: 154
From: Bogangar NSW Australia
Registered: May 2018
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posted 10-28-2020 11:06 PM
Thank you for the information. I will now attempt to find one. |
hazwah
Member Posts: 13
From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 10-31-2020 06:59 AM
I have an Australian flag flown on (from memory) STS-51I. This launch included the Aussat satellite, Australia's first national satellite.The presentation is quite superb, and also has the postage stamps of Aussat released at the time. Unfortunately I have only ever seen the one I have, my guess is that it was presented to the Department of Communications, or telecom at the time. |
thisismills
Member Posts: 362
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 11-10-2020 12:04 PM
There is one flown on Soyuz MS-12 (returned on Soyuz MS-14) for sale currently on eBay (203168843283). |
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