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Topic: Unexpected sightings of space memorabilia
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gleopold
Member Posts: 32
From: Reston, VA, USA
Registered: Jun 2010
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posted 08-19-2010 08:06 PM
   
The Marquette University Warriors (or whatever they are called now) used to wear the Apollo 11 mission patch on their jerseys, including 1977, the year they won the NCAA basketball national championship. Why they wore it, I don't know, but it looked cool as hell. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 08-19-2010 11:45 PM
The back side of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin has the artwork used on the Apollo 11 mission patch, featuring the Eagle on the moon with the olive branch. It is still one of my favorite coins.The TV series "Big Bang Theory" naturally has more then a few space type references. But among the comic and pop movie culture stuff on display in the apartment, there is a 1/72 shuttle model sitting on the mantle in the apartment living room. I am pretty sure it is a built Revell model kit since it appears the roof of the flight deck is missing (it was a lift off piece in the kit). |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3457
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-19-2011 01:35 PM
Was at a local middle school named after Christa McAuliffe, and wished I had taken my point-and-shoot with me.Grace Corrigan (McAuliffe's mother) visited the school when it opened in 1993 and gave a signed McAuliffe litho as well as a Teacher-in-Space and 51L patch. But by far the coolest is a quilt done for Challenger's 10th anniversary, which features signatures of several astronauts, mostly Apollo-era (the sole exception is John Glenn's.) There's a printed (e.g., non-script) Neil Armstrong, as well as autographs from Mattingly, Cernan, Anders, Stafford, Haise and Aldrin included. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 01-19-2011 02:01 PM
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Originally posted by Jay Chladek:
The back side of the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin has the artwork used on the Apollo 11 mission patch...
I know I'm replying to an older post, but I also wanted to point out that this same artwork was on the reverse of the Eisenhower dollar coin too, which pre-dates the Susan B. Anthony dollar. Frank Gasparro designed both coins and he must have liked the Apollo 11 insignia so much that he continued it on the Anthony dollar. To this day, the Eisenhower dollar is still my favorite coin, partly because of the artwork and partly because it was the last dollar coin that still felt impressive to hold in one's hand. It actually made it seem like a dollar was worth something. |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1077
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 02-23-2011 03:19 PM
I was at the Calgary airport this past weekend and while walking to the food court, I felt the need to look above my head and to my astonishment saw an all-white quarter-scale metal model of the space shuttle. I walked over to see an attraction entitled "Spaceport." As per the signage in the airport, the shuttle model was used by NASA in 1981 for "vibration tests." There was also a moon rock on site inside of a lucite pyramid but it was not mission specific. The rest of the exhibit was hands on children driven experiments and mostly 3D rides. Amazing to see some space stuff up in Calgary of all places. |
thump
Member Posts: 577
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 04-01-2011 08:59 AM
I was watching ESPN last night for opening day, the San Francisco Giants vs. the LA Dodgers from Dodger Stadium. At one point during the game, the cameras showed long time Dodger announcer Vin Scully, and right behind him on a wall was a large STS-132 mission logo, alongside of an autographed picture of wrestler The Honky Tonk Man... |
TalGreywolf
New Member Posts: 4
From: Houston, Texas US
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-07-2011 07:28 PM
I'm a little surprised no one's mentioned "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" episode where Gordon Cooper responds to a request by Eddie to have lunch together. A very interesting episode, as I recall Eddie having some space posters on his wall... |
mikepf
Member Posts: 448
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-21-2011 12:07 AM
While wandering around the office at my new job on Friday, I noticed a corporate motivational poster that had a small John Young Jump Salute photo on it. |
Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-10-2011 09:31 AM
I was watching a TED video last nite about surviving a nuclear attack. Behind the speaker on the stage were some shelves with books, pictures, etc. I also spotted a largish Saturn I rocket model, a Mercury-Redstone model, and what looked to be a framed American flag with an Apollo 11 patch.
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Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 07-10-2011 09:35 AM
Two years ago in my high school business/personal fiance class text book, there was a photo of someone wearing a NASA shuttle shirt. I couldn't make out the mission number but it was for Discovery because I could make that out. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1527
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-22-2011 04:16 PM
In Cologne, Germany, a builder encountered some ruins of a Roman wall. City ordinance required that the find be studied, and then afterward he was told that the bricks were his responsibility to dispose of. Tongue firmly in cheek, he erected a small "Schmitz Column" (Schmitz being the most common German name, like Smith in the US) with this inscription: The establishment of the Schmitz-column was completed in 1969. That same year, on July 21, (at 3 hours 56 minutes and 20 seconds a.m.) the American Neil Armstrong became the first man to put his left foot on the moon. This was at a distance from the Schmitz-column of 389999 km and 100 meters. (Calculated by the Institute of Space Research of the City of Bochum) Neil Armstrong, Wernher von Braun and NASA are knowledgeable of and grateful for this pillar inscription.  |
thump
Member Posts: 577
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 10-13-2011 09:04 AM
Just returned from a cruise aboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines Epic. In O'Sheehan's restaurant/bar on board, they have the Buzz Aldrin visor shot photo on a wall, and on a separate wall, they have an Apollo 11 crew picture, Apollo 11 launch photo, the moon boot print photo, and an "autographed" (not sure if it was real or a reprint) photo of Joe Kerwin made out to "Joe." These photos were kind of out of place, as the rest of the walls were adorned with older baseball/sports cards and photos, as well as older Hollywood photos and collector cards. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2485
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 12-02-2011 08:16 AM
Built by teenagers in Kansas... |
Spaceguy5
Member Posts: 427
From: Pampa, TX, US
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-02-2011 03:48 PM
Today I was walking through the Chemistry building at the University of Texas at Arlington and noticed a tire randomly on display, with a sign next to it facing the wall. First thought: "Wow, is that a space shuttle tire?" I went to check it out, and sure enough, it was! I got a lot of funny looks as I took pictures of it. No other students seemed to know what the heck it was, they chose a very poor way to display it. I've never noticed it before, but they must have had it for a while as the sign next to it was very faded. Apparently, it's a B.F. Goodrich tire, which last flew on STS-73. Attached to it was a piece of masking tape saying 2288N00738 (The S/N) and Mission 73. |
Spaceguy5
Member Posts: 427
From: Pampa, TX, US
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-02-2011 03:57 PM
This one isn't totally unusual, although I was very surprised the first time I saw it. After the Columbia disaster, the Amarillo International Airport was renamed after Rick Husband, who was a native resident of Amarillo. Inside they have a very nicely sculpted life-size statue of him in his ACES suit. Near the entrance, there is also a very large copy of his astronaut portrait hanging on the ceiling. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 294
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 02-15-2012 12:17 AM
Did anyone notice the large Mercury-Atlas model behind Glen Beck while he was interviewed on the Bill O'Reilly show Monday night? It looks about 3-4 feet tall and is very nicely finished. Does anyone recognize the supplier?  |
LM1
Member Posts: 851
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 02-15-2012 07:58 AM
I saw the model also and thought that he would mention it, but he didn't. Perhaps he mentions it on his GBTV online show. |
SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 1149
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 02-15-2012 10:54 AM
Given that it's M-A I assume he'll be bringing it up on the 20th for Glenn's 50th. |
p51
Member Posts: 1736
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 09-30-2012 06:12 PM
Last week, I was at the Golden Spike National Park in Utah (where they drove the last spike of the transcontinental RR in 1869) and they had a replica gold spike that was flown on STS-38 in a display case at the visitor center. As someone into RR history even more so than space, I sure didn't think I'd see space stuff there! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 47747
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-30-2012 06:29 PM
I was equally surprised coming across the flown in space spike there, but it also seemed appropriate given how close the park is to ATK's production and testing facilities for their space shuttle solid rocket motors.Earlier this year, Don Pettit likened SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to the golden spike for the final frontier of space. |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 239
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 01-25-2013 01:55 PM
Getting back to the Mercury-Atlas model behind Glenn Beck, I believe his publishing company is named "Mercury," so that may be the tie in. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 760
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 01-25-2013 02:36 PM
Here is quote from Glenn Beck's Mercury One website concerning the name and it's meaning. The history of "Mercury" comes from the late 1950s when the American government was closely watching the success of the Soviet space program. While President Eisenhower was sure that American technology was superior to that of the Soviet Union’s, they had already launched Sputnik successfully. Their space program appeared to be success after success while ours appeared unorganized and full of failure.The course of the space program, and in many ways that of the United States was forever changed when NASA launched the Mercury Space Program. The Mercury program learned from the past and provided the bridge to our future.
In many ways, our organization, Mercury One, is going to do the same thing. We will take and learn from the lessons of the past by getting our history right and instilling the values and ethics of the Judeo-Christian world and prepare us and the upcoming generation for the tomorrows yet to come. |
BMacKinnon
Member Posts: 235
From: Waterford, MI. USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-03-2013 08:16 AM
This past Saturday, my son and I visited the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I was surprised to see a nice display of several space related items. 
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 47747
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-01-2013 03:01 PM
Disney-Pixar director Lee Unkrich ("Toy Story 3") tweeted today a photo of his Apollo 11 sweater used in the filming of the classic film, "The Shining." Unkrich has loaned it for display to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is hosting an exhibit themed around the work of Stanley Kubrick (including "2001: A Space Odyssey). 
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Dave Clow
Member Posts: 236
From: South Pasadena, CA 91030
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 05-09-2013 02:12 PM
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Originally posted by Rusty B:
Getting back to the Mercury-Atlas model behind Glenn Beck, I believe his publishing company is named "Mercury", so that may be the tie in.
Beck's company is named after Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre on the Air. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1427
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-27-2013 02:10 PM
This display was on the wall between the men's and women's restroom at Hazel's Seafood Restaurant in Orange Beach, Alabama. The story was the restaurant owner was a huge space fan and when he retired he relocated these items from his office at a local real estate company. |
YankeeClipper
Member Posts: 632
From: Dublin, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2011
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posted 05-28-2013 01:29 PM
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport: Concourse TAnyone on a layover at Atlanta (ATL) should hop on the inter-terminal train and take the short ride to Concourse T. Head to the North Gates and on two long display walls between Gates T12 and T15 you will find a great Space exhibition spanning Project Mercury to the International Space Station. Highlights include the original MA-9 Faith 7 Mercury capsule hatch, a Grissom Gemini-era space suit, a Gemini EVA propulsion unit, a Dick Gordon Apollo A7L training suit, an Apollo 15 laser altimeter, Apollo / Skylab / Shuttle meal packages, a Space Shuttle EVA suit, a Space Shuttle RCC leading wing edge segment, a Space Shuttle TPS tile, a JSC ISS training hatch, and various Apollo Saturn V / Space Shuttle / ISS models. Of particular note is the pulverised metal block showing the severe destruction caused by the simulated impact of small high velocity space debris. Overall it's well worth spending 15-20 minutes checking it out while the exhibit lasts! |
davetherocketguy
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Registered: Jul 2013
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posted 07-10-2013 02:50 PM
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Originally posted by dogcrew5369:
Here is a better photo of Glenn Beck's MA model.
As my first post in this forum I would like to give you a very heartfelt thank you for posting this. This model that Glenn Beck commissioned is a one of a kind 10" diameter model. How do I know? I helped build it and it was, well, a pain. In fact, I only did about 10% of the work but this was tough. For those that want to know the base tubing for the main body was 7.5" paper tubing from Uline. The capsule was a plastic model from Revell I think. I did a lot of the construction of the detail bits out of foam insulation and the filling and sanding of the main tubes. The tubes had to be absolutely perfect to accept the foil adhesive we got from a local sign shop. I did this project with a buddy of mine that runs this shop. Since he already makes 12" diameter fiberglass Mercury capsules this project was a nice fit with what he does. We also had to build custom shipping crates for this monster lined with foam padding. After it was shipped, I guess Dave (not me, another Dave) contacted Beck's people in an attempt to get either pictures or video of the show that included the model to no avail. With that in mind I just want to say from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for posting that picture. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into that thing. I do a lot of modeling myself but never to that detail and perfection simply because the rockets I make are for flying. If anyone has any more questions please do not hesitate to ask. If I don't know the answer I can certainly try to find it for you. (I had nothing to do with the business end of it so I can't really say how much money it cost other than to say it was a lot, in the thousands I imagine.) |
englau
Member Posts: 110
From: tampa, florida, usa
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 07-17-2013 11:36 PM
In "Parks and Recreation," Leslie Knope, the main character, has a wall of inspirational women. They include mostly politicians, but last year she added Dr. Sally Ride to the wall! |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3457
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 09-05-2013 12:17 PM
Last night I went to an Explorers Club event where Owen and Richard Garriott were the speakers. Before I left, I had to use the bathroom.Evidently, I never had to use the bathroom before in all the events I've attended there. Because outside the men's bathroom was a display of patches — unfortunately, most of them the souvenir variety — with the paper they were placed on signed by Carpenter, Lovell, Aldrin, Collins and Schirra! (There were also the Gemini XI, Apollo 12 and Skylab 1 patches, but I didn't see or recall a signature by Conrad.) Makes me wonder what's outside the women's bathroom. And no, I didn't test just how firmly this was hanging on the wall, although I was tempted to try. I guess it's outside the men's bathroom because there's just a single toilet in there, so you have something to look at and occupy your time while you wait. |
ozspace
Member Posts: 238
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2009
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posted 09-24-2013 06:28 AM
Just caught an episode of Arrested Development and saw Ron Howard having a meeting in his own Lunar Module. Season 4 | Episode 4 - 'The B Team'. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4996
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-24-2013 10:53 AM
Ron Howard's grandson is also named "Lem." |
Rocketman!
Member Posts: 126
From: Redmond, Washington, USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 09-24-2013 03:46 PM
Has anybody else noticed what is wrong with the lunar module? I am embarrassed to admit I didn't notice until my second look. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2181
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-24-2013 04:29 PM
Haha, I'm guessing you mean the fact that the ascent stage is rotated 45 deg from the descent stage and you would need a trampoline to get anywhere near the hatch! |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2181
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-24-2013 04:40 PM
I was lucky enough to spend two weeks in August working on the set of a big Hollywood action picture. During the dressing of one of the sets I had to take a second glance at one of the props as it looked vaguely familiar.I turned it round as it was upside down and it turned out to be the centre part of an Apollo CM console (the section with the toothed edges) minus the DSKY that had been fitted into a square frame and infilled where it wasn't square itself!
I'm still under a non-disclosure agreement so cannot post pictures but when it expires I will do and point out the movie and the scenes where you might just glimpse it. |
ozspace
Member Posts: 238
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2009
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posted 09-24-2013 09:43 PM
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Originally posted by nasamad:
...you would need a trampoline to get anywhere near the hatch!
Looks like you enter the cabin at the top of the ladder on the left, where Ron is sitting in the first picture. |
David Carey
Member Posts: 927
From:
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-25-2013 10:44 PM
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Originally posted by nasamad:
Haha, I'm guessing you mean the fact that the ascent stage is rotated 45 deg from the descent stage and you would need a trampoline to get anywhere near the hatch!
It also seems to be missing the back two legs altogether. Now that would make for a tricky landing...
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Ronpur
Member Posts: 1250
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 09-26-2013 06:34 AM
It looks like to me, it may be missing it's entire back half. The walls behind it do not look like they allow enough room for the entire decent stage. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1527
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 10-07-2013 07:56 AM
Don't know if this counts as memorabilia, but today I came across a Zen garden at Tofuki-ji Temple in Kyoto built around seven pillars, which are arranged as the stars in the Big Dipper. (Rotate the photo 90 degrees counter-clockwise.) |
BMacKinnon
Member Posts: 235
From: Waterford, MI. USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 09-20-2015 11:31 AM
I just returned from attending the Medal of Honor convention in Boston. Aside from finally seeing Freedom 7 at the Kennedy library, I came across this display at the USS Constitution museum.
An original copper spike from the USS Constitution and a US flag both flown in space on STS-71 in a very nice display.  |
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