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Posted in Flag Photos, Flags in the News, Flags on Stamps, History, Information on Aug 5th, 2008
Sidewalk Photographer Alex Richman and the intrepid Mrs. Richman covered a lot of ground (more than six miles on foot) in Washington D.C. during the last weekend of July. One of the photographs he took (shown below) was of the Lunar Module #2-Apollo, which was never used on a lunar mission. Now on display at [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps on Jul 20th, 2007
First Man on the Moon stamp 1969 The first US stamp to depict the Stars and Stripes on the moon was the 10c airmail stamp (Scott C76) issued on September 9, 1969, to commemorate the successful moon landing of Apollo 11 and crew Neil Armstrong, Col. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., and Lt.Col. Michael Collins. Created [...]
Posted in History on Jul 20th, 2007
Thirty-eight years ago today, two Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the lunar surface. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepped on another body revolving around our sun. Armstrong stepped down first, and uttered these famous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Aldrin and Armstrong spent two and one-half hours on [...]
