Description: You are purchasing an Ultra Rare piece of Space and World History: A 1969 NASA Apollo 11 VIP Launch Invitation "Mission to the Moon" Viewing Pass Badge/Ticket, which has been authenticated by PSA and graded By PSA as a PSA 8 (Near Mint to Mint Condition)! This one of a kind PSA 8 Apollo 11 VIP IVIP Launch Invitation "Mission to the Moon" Viewing Pass Badge/Ticket has a population of only SEVEN (7) and no VIP Launch Invitation "Mission to the Moon" Viewing Pass Badge/Ticket Invitation Pass has been graded by PSA with a higher grade! The last attached photo shows former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and then-current U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew wearing similar the VIP Viewing Pass badges. They were among the very select invited spectators at the launch of Apollo 11, which lifted off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969. The crew, the first of the Apollo missions to land on the moon, safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The Apollo 11 launch invitation marked an incredible moment in world history, and only a very small number of people were invited by NASA as select guests to be admitted to The Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969 to witness in person this historic launch of the first manned mission to the Moon! This seminal event at The Kennedy Space Center heralded a new era in space exploration and human achievement. This extremely rare 1969 NASA Mission to the Moon Pass was present at The Kennedy Space Center with the holder of the Pass to witness in person this amazing Launch of Apollo 11. This Pass is the highest graded Apollo 11 Invitation Pass by PSA and it is one of only a very few invitations from this historic event that are in existence. This is your chance to own an incredibly rare piece of world history, and the PSA 8 Near Mint to Mint condition Apollo 11 Launch Invitation Mission to the Moon Pass will be the centerpiece of any NASA, World History or Ticket Memorabilia Collection. Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surface six hours and 39 minutes later, on July 21 at 02:56 UTC. Aldrin joined him 19 minutes later, and they spent about two and a quarter hours together exploring the site they had named Tranquility Base upon landing. Armstrong and Aldrin collected 47.5 pounds (21.5 kg) of lunar material to bring back to Earth as pilot Michael Collins flew the Command Module Columbia in lunar orbit, and were on the Moon's surface for 21 hours, 36 minutes before lifting off to rejoin Columbia. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16 at 13:32 UTC, and it was the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The Apollo spacecraft had three parts: a command module (CM) with a cabin for the three astronauts, the only part that returned to Earth; a service module (SM), which supported the command module with propulsion, electrical power, oxygen, and water; and a lunar module (LM) that had two stages—a descent stage for landing on the Moon and an ascent stage to place the astronauts back into lunar orbit. After being sent to the Moon by the Saturn V's third stage, the astronauts separated the spacecraft from it and traveled for three days until they entered lunar orbit. Armstrong and Aldrin then moved into Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquility on July 20. The astronauts used Eagle's ascent stage to lift off from the lunar surface and rejoin Collins in the command module. They jettisoned Eagle before they performed the maneuvers that propelled Columbia out of the last of its 30 lunar orbits onto a trajectory back to Earth.[9] They returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on July 24 after more than eight days in space. Armstrong's first step onto the lunar surface was broadcast on live TV to a worldwide audience. He described the event as "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."[a][15] Apollo 11 effectively proved U.S. victory in the Space Race to demonstrate spaceflight superiority, by fulfilling a national goal proposed in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."[16]
Price: 2299.99 USD
Location: Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-08-06T12:05:05.000Z
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Exploration Missions: Apollo
Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
