[Moonwalkers]

[MOONWALKERS]

VERY LARGE LUNAR EARTH SIDE CHART, SIGNED BY A MEMBER OF EVERY APOLLO LUNAR LANDING CREW

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lunar Earthside Chart (LEC-1). Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center, for NASA, 1st Edition, July 1968.

Color lithographed lunar map in Mercator projection, 28 1/2 x 40 1/2 inches. Scale 1:5,000,000 at the equator. 

SIGNED WITH A LENGTHY INSCRIPTION BY A MEMBER OF EVERY APOLLO LUNAR LANDING CREW NEAR THEIR CORRESPONDING LANDING SITES:

• Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot BUZZ ALDRIN, "TRANQUILITY BASE / 'CONTACT LIGHT, OKAY, ENGINE STOP.' / FIRST LUNAR LANDING / BUZZ ALDRIN / LMP APOLLO XI / JULY 20, 1969." ALDRIN also marked the Apollo 11 landing site with an X.
• Apollo 12 Lunar Module Pilot ALAN BEAN, "GOOD LANDING, PETE.../I AGREE WITH YOU THAT / IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN NEIL'S./ ALAN BEAN/APOLLO 12 LMP/ November 9, 1969." BEAN also marked the Apollo 12 landing site with an X.
• Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot EDGAR MITCHELL, with the Apollo 14 landing site marked with an X, "Fra Mauro Base, / 'Contact, Al. We're on the surface. / That was a beautiful one." / Third lunar landing./ EDGAR MITCHELL/ APOLLO 14 LMP/ Feb. 5, 1971."
• Apollo 15 Commander DAVE SCOTT, "OK, Houston. The Falcon is on The Plain of Hadley./ Fourth Lunar Landing. / DAVE SCOTT./ CMD Apollo 15/ July 30, 1971."
• Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot CHARLIE DUKE, with an X and arrow marking the Apollo 15 landing site, "DESCARTES BASE. / WELL, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK FAR TO PICK UP ROCKS. / 'OLD ORION IS FINALLY HERE, HOUSTON. FANTASTIC!" / FIFTH LUNAR LANDING/ CHARLIE DUKE / LMP APOLLO 16/ APRIL 21, 1972.
• Apollo 17 Commander GENE CERNAN, "GOING DOWN AT 2, 10 FEET...CONTACT...ENGINE STOP./ ' OKAY, HOUSTON. THE CHALLENGER HAS LANDED!' / SIXTH AND FINAL APOLLO LANDING./ GENE CERNAN./ CDR APOLLO XVII/ Dec 11, 1972."