LUNAR GLOBE. REPLOGLE LUNAR GLOBE. USA, CA 1972. SIGNED BY SIX MOONWALKERS, ONE FROM EACH MISSION

LUNAR GLOBE
REPLOGLE LUNAR GLOBE. USA, CA 1972

A 12 inch diameter lunar globe, 180 mi. per inch scale. Two sets of 12 thick printed glossy paper gores over pasteboard, each pole with metal pin. Landing sites up to Apollo 17 printed.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by a MOONWALKER from each lunar landed mission: "BUZZ ALDRIN | APOLLO XI" over the Sea of Tranquility; "ALAN BEAN | APOLLO 12" over the Sea of Rains; "EDGAR MITCHELL | APOLLO 14" with an arrow pointing to Fra Mauro; "DAVE SCOTT | APOLLO 15 CDR" over the Marsh of Decay; "CHARLIE DUKE | APOLLO 16" over the Sea of Vapors; and "GENE CERNAN | APOLLO XVII" over the Sea of Crises.

Only 12 men have ever walked on the lunar surface, kicking up moondust as they marked their place in history.

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