Description: UP FOR SALE IS ONE STUNNING NASA PROGRAM, APOLLO 13 EMBROIDERED IRON-ON PATCH... APOLLO 13 (APRIL 11-17TH 1970) WAS THE 7TH CREWED MISSION IN THE APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM AND THE 3RD MEANT TO LAND ON THE MOON... THE MISSION WAS COMMANDED BY JIM LOVELL, WITH JACK SWIGERT AS COMMAND MODULE (CM) PILOT AND FRED HAISEAS AS THE LUNAR MODULE (LM) PILOT...SWIGERT WAS A LATE REPLACEMENT FOR KEN MATTINGLY, WHO WAS GROUNDED AFTER EXPOSURE TO RUBELLA... THE LUNAR LANDING WAS ABORTED AFTER AN OXYGEN TANK IN THE SERVICE MODULE (SM) RUPTURED, TWO DAYS INTO THE MISSION, DISABLING ITS ELECTRICAL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM...THE CREW, SUPPORTED BY BACKUP SYSTEMS ON THE LUNAR MODULE, INSTEAD LOOPED AROUND THE MOON IN A CIRCUMLUNAR TRAJECTORY AND RETURNED SAFELY TO EARTH ON APRIL 17TH, 1970.... THIS PATCH IS GORGEOUS AND GREATLY DETAILED, BEING APPOINTED IN THE RICH AND VIVID COLORS OF WHITE, GOLD, BLUE, COPPER, YELLOW, SILVER, BLACK AND LIME...THEN FINISHED OFF WITH A BOLD YELLOW BORDER... THE APPROXIMATE SIZE OF THIS STUNNING PATCH IS 3 1/2" ACROSS... A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION... BEWARE: BEWARE OF “B” GRADE PATCHES BEING SOLD ON EBAY…I ONLY SELL FIRST GRADE PRODUCT IN MY STORE…A GREAT WAY OF TELLING A ”B” GRADE PATCH IS A PATCH THAT IS MUCH LOWER IN PRICE THAN OTHER COMPARABLE PATCHES…COLORS TEND TO BLEED AND THREAD TENDS TO UNRAVEL, WITH DURABILITY BEING COMPROMISED…
Price: 8.99 USD
Location: Chandler, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-12T18:34:36.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: NASA Patch
Space Program: NASA Program
Signed: No
Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
California Prop 65 Warning: NONE
