astronaut to fly on all three of NASA’s early space projects. This re-edition Astronaut, the first in an exciting new series of Accutron Astronaut timepieces, features a Swiss SW330 GMT movement with a 56-hr power reserve. Schirra holds the unique distinction of being the only U.S. Schirra, Mercury 8-Gemini 6-Apollo 7,” with the central quote reading: “To mark man’s conquest of space with time, through time, on time.” The gold bezel has a burgundy red aluminum inlay, with the famous dot over ninety detail and a special solid gold dial. 8,” is inscribed with the words, “Astronaut Walter M. A20130073000 Transferred from NASA National Air and Space Museum Usage conditions apply. 3-D (Buckled): 8.9 x 8.3 x 4.1cm (3 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 1 5/8 in.) Polyurethane resin, stainless steel, mineral glass crystal. Japan PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Accessories Casio Inc. Omega presented 26 of these gold commemorative watches - known as the Tribute to Astronauts watch - to NASA astronauts alive and deceased, with the case back of each watch specially engraved with a quote, the name and missions of the astronaut, and a unique number relative to when the astronaut flew into space. NASA sent this watch to the Museum after it was no longer needed for astronaut use. That testing accelerated the pen’s development from a prototype to. And they held enough ink to draw a solid line more than three miles long well beyond NASA’s half-kilometer (.3-mile) ink requirement. The timepiece was given to Schirra at a special gala dinner on November 25, 1969, at the Hotel Warwick in Houston. The space agency found the pens worked in all positions, in extreme heat and cold, and in atmospheres ranging from pure oxygen to vacuum. Gold Omega Speedmaster Professional watch presented to astronaut Wally Schirra in November 1969, $1.9 millionīOSTON – Astronaut Wally Schirra’s Omega Speedmaster Professional watch sold for $1,906,954 at RR Auction on October 20. NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly around the moon late next year, including the first woman and the first African American assigned to a lunar mission.
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