Apollo 13 Mission/Space-Flown Command Module Kapton Foil Relic Display

Own and display an authenticated piece of Apollo 13 combined with original art from Ron Cole is this limited-edition wall-hanging framed display. 

Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module failed two days into the mission. The gold foil material, better known as the Kapton Foil, is part of the heat deflecting material from the Apollo Spacecraft Odyssey which carried Astronauts Lovell, Swigert and Haise on their historic attempt to become the third crew to land on the moon. The foil, which was often used for presentation purposes, was given to Bill Whiskey, a NASA employee in 1970. Prior to his passing, Bill Whiskey provided the remaining pieces to Sandy Clarkson. 

Provenance: American Space Museum Sandy Clarkson.

Ron Cole has portrayed Apollo 13 in historically accurate and dramatic style, in this composition that depicts the crew's slingshot around the moon and on its way home - the sun bursting from behind Earth as a symbol of hope out of darkness. 

Kapton Foil is a very distinctive material that very well represents the Apollo missions that made it well known by sight, if not by name. NASA was quite liberal during earlier Apollo missions when it allowed people associated with the programs to take souvenirs. Since most of the foil is very similar in appearance, however, over the years it wasn't uncommon for material from less-famous missions, or surplus 'un-flown' Kapton Foil, to be mis-attributed to Apollo 13 or Apollo 11. It's therefore particularly important that the provenance of this material to be solid - as this Apollo 13 Kapton Foil is - having come from a reliable NASA source and with documentation that places specific pieces of the material with its appropriate provenance. 

Most well-documented Apollo 13 Kapton Foil has been cut down from larger pieces to the point where the average size of a piece of material is absurdly tiny. While that maximizes the profits made by the parties offering it for sale and arguably lowers the cost for buyers, these authenticated pieces will never be smaller than 1/2 x 1/2-inches, making these pieces easy to appreciate and examine, and will be far more valuable into the future than those that get lost in a showcase. 

Each signed and numbered.  

Limited to 75 displays!