Apollo Spacecraft Model

Vintage 1:40 scale model of an Apollo spacecraft by W.J. Hyatt, Inc., used by NASA as part of an outreach program during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The model, measuring approximately 26.5? tall, features the payload section of the craft: the command module, the service module, and the lunar module; the escape rocket and tower are included. The capsule is set upon a 9? diameter wooden base with golden Apollo plate, and the Hyatt label is affixed to bottom. In very good to fine condition, with expected wear from use and storage, including scattered light scuffing, some chipping to paint, and two of the reaction control system thrusters no longer present. The consignor notes that this model derives from the collection of his grandfather, Lieut. Cdr. Henry Schultz, who was appointed Director of the NASA Texas Tracking and Data Acquisition Station in 1965. Three years later, he was appointed as a NASA Representative in Spain and concurrently NASA Director of the Madrid Space Station and NASA Chief of Agency, U.S. Embassy, Spain. A wonderful early vintage model of an Apollo spacecraft, the uppermost section of the Saturn V.