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Apollo 9 Flown Lunar Module "Spider" Kapton Foil -2 Pieces!One on an Apollo 9 Event Cover ...
And another on an 8x10 Apollo 9 Photo Presentation on Foam Board
APOLLOSPACE is pleased to offer APOLLOSPACE EXCLUSIVES: An event cover and an 8x10 photo presentation which have each been affixed with a remnant piece of Kapton foil that was originally part of the protective insulation of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module, "Spider," and was flown in space as part of that spacecraft from March 3-13, 1969. The original Kapton from which the attached remnants were cut was retrieved from the Lunar Module by Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart shortly before the LM was jettisoned from the Command Module.
Each remnant measures approximately .25 inches - Note for this special offer you will receive one Apollo 9 splashdown cover and one LM Photo presentation each affixed with a section of flown Kapton foil limited to 10 sets.
Both items come with full documentation including APOLLOSPACE Lifetime COAs and a copy of a letter from Rusty Schweickart
BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE - You also get
The APOLLO 9 RESTORED FLIGHT IMAGES COLLECTION & EXCLUSIVE FILM WITH RUSTY SCHWEICKART
1378 high resolution flight images from the historic Apollo 9 Mission- every image photographed by astronauts during this historic mission- fully restored and enhanced at the highest quality and resolution available!
Plus an exclusive documentary featuring Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart!
And on top of the highest quality and resolution Apollo 9 images you get our exclusive film with Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart "Rusty Schweickart: Apollo 9 & Beyond" which was the featured film for Asteroid Day 2020
[NOTE: video clip on this listing is 720p while the actual film is 4K]
The film is in beautiful 4K with a run time of 48 minutes - you can watch on your computer or plug the USB into a 4K TV for best quality viewing
In this profoundly beautiful and moving film, Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart discusses the Apollo 9 mission, his life-altering spacewalk, and our cosmic birth. Rusty describes testing the Lunar Module, the first true spaceship that would four months later land men on the moon; his historic spacewalk, the first EVA of the Apollo era; and the incredible beauty of the Earth from space.
Beyond the Apollo 9 mission itself, Rusty goes much deeper to explore the philosophical and evolutionary implications of humanity's first steps into the cosmos, describing the powerful effects of his "five minutes" alone on the Lunar Module porch as he observed the Earth below and pondered the big questions of existence - questions he would come to answer back on Earth. The film is in 4K with a run time of 48 minutes.
Praise for Rusty Schweickart: Apollo 9 & Beyond and other films in the Apollo Reflections Series:
"Astronaut Rusty Schweickart's story is one of the great ones, and the way this film ["Rusty Schweickart: Apollo 9 & Beyond"] tells the story has its own greatness,"Stewart Brand, co-founder of Long Now Foundation and creator and editor of the Whole Earth Catalog (National Book Award).
"What was the real meaning of Apollo? The big meaning? That's what I asked myself anticipating the 50th anniversary of that historic moment. Jeremy Theoret captured it in this film - this is what I believe. No small challenge."Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart.
"I am proud and honored to have been helpful in producing the beautiful piece of art that is this film. From the music to the visuals to what comes out of the mind of an amazing human being, this is a seamless and for me deeply emotional work that is a major contribution to the annals of space and also human history. You have produced something very special with this. What I get from it cannot be measured in any form of currency. I want to savor the incredibly warm feeling this film has given me, thank you for that gift."Martin Lollar, crowdfunding executive producer of the film.
"I have just reviewed the film you produced and it looks perfect to me. I think you did an outstanding job of capturing the important points that you wanted to bring out concerning the Gemini and Apollo programs."Gen. Tom Stafford, Gemini 6, 9, Apollo 10, & ASTP astronaut
"great productions. I like your down to earth more informal interview style.Keep up the good work. NASA has lots of oral history but it is not as interesting and personalized as what you create. Thanks for your great work preserving some history from those who flew!"Fred Haise, Apollo 13 LMP
The Apollo 9 Flight Images:
At 5200 pixels, the Apollo 9 1378 flight images on this USB are up to 65% larger than partially restored and corrected counterparts available online and on other commercially available media, which generally measure only up to 3000 pixels each, are only a few megabytes in size (if that), and have not been fully corrected and cleaned.
Each and every image on The Apollo 9 Flight Images USB has been painstakingly cropped and corrected for color, tone, and contrast and cleaned of all blemishes including dust, hairs, scan lines, emulsion spots, streaks, scratches, stray reflections, and other flaws.
It is common for images to require as many as several hundred separate corrective actions to achieve the restored, corrected, and enhanced versions available on this USB.It is impossible to overstate the quality and beauty of these photographs - the most pristine they've appeared since they were originally taken 50 years ago.The original negatives from the Apollo missions are stored in frozen vaults at Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, TX. Master inter-negatives were produced from the originals in order to preserve the originals while being to reproduce photographs, meaning successive generations of photographs were often produced from 2nd, 3rd, or later generations of negatives.JSC digitally scanned the Apollo Program photographs for the 40th anniversary of Apollo in and around 2005 and later. These raw images can be seen on the National Archives website and various NASA image galleries online.More recently, JSC has been re-scanning the original negatives at the highest resolutions ever in preparation for the 50th anniversary of Apollo, pursuant to a Space Act Agreement between Arizona State University (ASU) and NASA's Johnson Space Center.The raw images used in creating the images found on The Apollo 9 Flight Images USB were acquired from ASU.Unfortunately, until today, the majority of these scanned images have not been available anywhere as completely restored, corrected, and enhanced high resolution images. What there is, are collections of images in raw, unprocessed form, or partially or marginally processed images that fail to fully showcase these images as they truly deserve to be seen.
This USB is changing that.
More than an historical record of one of the greatest accomplishments in human history, these images are also art. Each photograph appearing on this USB was taken by a human hand and with a human eye. 50 years later, each one beenrestored, corrected, and enhanced with a human eye as well, to be as visually pleasing as they are historically and naturally accurate.
Just compare the raw and partially corrected images from the Apollo 9 Mission currently available online and on other commercially available media with the fully restored versions available on this commemorative USB:
Below is the raw scanned image ofimageAS09-22-3473.The lack of detail and fogginess of the image are obvious, as are dark blemishes to the right of the island at lower center in the image.
Raw image NASA ID# AS09-22-3473, courtesy NASA/JSC/ASU
Detail of these blemishes after the image has been color corrected prior to removal:
Raw image detail from NASA ID# AS09-22-3473, courtesy NASA/JSC/ASU
Here is the same area after the blemishes are removed:
Image detail NASA ID# AS09-22-3473, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
Image AS09-22-3473 after full restoration and correction.
Corrected and restored image NASA ID# AS09-22-3473, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
Below are more examples of corrections
Image ID# AS09-20-3171, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
a detailed section from top center before and after scan lines removed.
AS09-20-3171 detail uncorrectedAS09-20-3171 detail corrected
Raw image NASA ID# AS09-20-3106, courtesy NASA/JSC/ASU
Corrected and restored image # AS09-20-3106, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
Apollo 9 had spaceships ...
LM "Spider" AS09-21-3207, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
CM "Gumdrop" orbiting over white sands, NM AS09-24-3657, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
and spacewalks ...
Scott EVA AS09-20-3069, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
Schweickart EVA AS09-19-2982, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
and some of the most beautiful photography of Earth from orbit of the Apollo Program.
AS09-22-3329, credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
AS09-22-3388, credit credit NASA/JSC/ASU/Apollospace
