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Apollo Era NASA Name Tag Worn Flown in Zero-G Training Astronaut Gordon Cooper
Apollo Era NASA Name Tag Worn Flown in Zero-G Training Astronaut Gordon Cooper

Apollo Era NASA Name Tag Worn Flown in Zero-G Training Astronaut Gordon Cooper

$ 369.07

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used by the astronaut onboard NASA's KC-135 "Vomit Comet" training simulator. Please read the full description for details.
  • Theme: Astronauts & Space Travel
  • Year: 1960's
  • Exploration Missions: Apollo
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Type: NASA Name Tag

    Description

    This listing is for a black leather name tag, which was worn by Gordon Cooper during his training for the Gemini/Apollo missions. He wore this patch onboard
    NASA's KC-135 "Vomit Comet" -
    a modified Boeing 707 that would fly to great heights, then drop down for miles, leaving the passengers in a zero-gravity environment for short periods of time. After the flights, several astronauts gave their name tags as souvenirs to the NASA engineer who helped with the training. I bought a stack of patches from this employee, including the one here. These were authenticated and sold to me via Heritage Auctions in their latest space auction.
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