[APOLLO 13]. FRED HAISE. FLOWN TO THE MOON, APOLLO 13 BETA CLOTH EMBLEM, SIGNED

FLOWN Apollo 13 Beta emblem, 4 inches in diameter. Printed on Beta cloth, 8 inches square.

SIGNED by LOVELL above the emblem: "JAMES LOVELL, Apollo 13 CDR". SIGNED and INSCRIBED by HAISE below the emblem: "Flown to the moon on Apollo 13, FRED HAISE, Apollo 13 LMP." Accompanied by a letter SIGNED BY HAISE. The Apollo 13 astronauts had artist Lumen Winter create an emblem from an idea the crew had of the mythical god Apollo driving a horse drawn chariot across the sky dragging the sun behind him. Winter's design features three horses traveling from the earth to the moon, symbolizing the Apollo crew of three astronauts.