Mercury Atlas 9 - Flown heatshield fragment

After five orbits Gemini 8 and the Agena flew in formation for half an hour before docking

This medallion represents a tangible connection to the first Moon landing mission

Armstrong and Aldrin began their descent to the Sea of Tranquility and performed the first steps on the Lunar surface

Prime crew : Sergey Ryasanski

Apollo Solar Wind experiment sample photo Mercury Atlas 9 - FlownApollo Solar Wind experiment sample. A triangle piece of aluminum foil (a spare piece from Apollo SWC) mounted onto a 6x8 card presentation, certified on the backside. The SWC experiment was deployed on the moon during several moon landings incl. Apollo 11, designed by a Swiss team of scientists.