[APOLLO 10]. CLOTH APOLLO 10 CREW EMBLEM FLOWN IN LUNAR MODULE SNOOPY

FLOWN Apollo 10 cloth crew emblem, shield-shaped, being approximately 4 ½ inches tall. The emblem features the lunar surface with the Earth in the far background while CSM Charlie Brown fly’s through the top of a large Roman numeral “X” as LM Snoopy’s ascent stage engine powers a return from the close fly-by of the lunar surface. Mounted between paragraphs on a Typed Letter Signed by THOMAS P. STAFFORD on his business stationery. Displayed with an approximately 8 by 8 inch three image color photolithograph showing the lunar landing ellipse for Apollo 11 and descent target to 50,000 feet for Apollo 10, Command Module Charlie Brown in lunar orbit, and the ascent stage of Lunar Module Snoopy has he returns from a close fly-by of the lunar surface. All mounted on and removable from a 12 ½ by 19 ½ inch blue mat board.

With THOMAS P. STAFFORD'S signed provenance letter which reads: “This cloth crew emblem was carried to the Moon on the flight of Apollo X beginning May 18, 1969. Upon return to the Earth on May 26, this emblem became one of the fastest flown artifacts from space travel, reaching some 24,791 nautical miles per hour prior to re-entry into our planet’s atmosphere. This emblem flew to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface in our Lunar Module named Snoopy. Over one billion viewers on earth watched the first color television from space and lunar orbit during the flight. The emblem has been in my private collection since 1969.”