Apollo 14 Photograph - Edgar Mitchell.

Apollo 14 Photograph Autographed by Edgar Mitchell.
This autographed photograph accompanies a 4" x 6", rayon, 50 star, United States flag, one of only 25 carried by astronaut Edgar Mitchell in his Personal Preference Kit (PPK) on the Apollo 14 mission, which landed on the moon on the 5th of February 1971. Weight and storage constraints limited the size and number of artifacts that could be carried on any of the Apollo missions, and flags from the Apollo Mission PPKs are extremely rare.

Apollo 14 was the 3rd mission to land on the Moon. The astronauts were Alan Shepard (Commander), Stuart Roosa (Command Module Pilot) and Edgar Mitchell (Lunar Module Pilot). After landing in the Fra Mauro, Shepard and Mitchell took two moon walks, called Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVAs), during which they deployed the experiment package, used a Mobile Equipment Transporter (MET) nicknamed the "lunar rickshaw" cart to carry their equipment and collect samples. They also conducted the "First Lunar Olympics" when Shepard hit a golf ball with a gold club head he had brought in his PPK, while Mitchell threw the handle of a lunar sample collector as an impromptu javelin.

American flags remain popular among collectors of space-flown artifacts and autographed PPK Lunar flags are very desirable. Flags accompanied by an autographed copy of an EVA photograph like this example, are quite rare. Edgar Mitchell made this autographed photograph and accompanying flag available as an item for a charity fundraiser and gala.

This photograph is a companion piece to ZFC3550.

Exhibition History:
IONS 2010: Cosmos and Consciousness
A Fundraising Gala & Auction
The Chabot Space and Science Center
Oakland, California, February 20, 2010

Private Showing
8 June 2010
Tiger 21 Meeting,
Omni Hotel, San Francisco, CA


Museum of Art & History
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz Collects
11 August - 25 November 2012


Provenance: Acquired in 2010 at a charity auction at IONS 2010: Cosmos and Consciousness, The Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland, California, February 20, 2010

ZFC Significant Flag
Item is Framed

Sources:

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IONS Overview, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, 7 November 2011, from:
http://noetic.org/about/overview/

IONS 2010 - Cosmos and Consciousness, February 9, 2010, wolfnowl's posterous, 7 November 2011, from:
http://wolfnowl.posterous.com/ions-2010-cosmos-and-consciousness

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http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-070410a.html

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http://www.spacerelics.com/inventory/essay/flags.html

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http://www.astronautcentral.com/SINGLES/Flown.html

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Image Credits:
Zaricor Flag Collection

Hoist & Fly
Width of Hoist	7.25
Length of Fly	9

Stripes
Size of Hoist	0

Frame
Is it framed?	yes

Stars
Are there stars on obverse?	no
Are there stars on reverse?	no

Stripes
Has a Blood Stripe?	no

Crest/Emblem
Description of Crest/Emblem	Photo of US Flag on moon signed by Edgar Mitchell

Nationality
Nation Represented	United States

Fabric
Fabric	Paper
Comments on Fabric	photo paper

Weave
Type of Weave	Plain

Attachment
Comments on Method of Attachmen	Framed

Applica
Applique Sides	Single Faced = Mirror Image Reverse

Documentation
Documents	All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.
Drawings	All original documents and drawings are held in the Zaricor Flag Collection Archives.

Condition
Displayable	yes

Date
Date	1971