Jules Verne. "From The Earth to the Moon."
Signed by 10 Apollo Astronauts
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VERNE, JULES. From the Earth to the Moon. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
8vo. Publisher's pictorial red cloth, spi꧃ne titled in𓆏 gilt.
Signed on the front fly-leaf and half-title by TEN APOLLO ASTRONAUTS: WALT CUNNINGHAM / APOLLO 7",” JAMES LOVELL/Apollo 8, 13", "DAVE SCOTT. APOLLO 9 CMP / APOLLO 15 CDR", "TOM STAFFORD. / APOLLO X, CDR.", "BUZZ ALDRIN. APOLLO XI", “GENE CERNAN / APOLLO X LMP / APOLLO XVII CDR,” “EDGAR MITCHELL / APOLLO 14 LMP, “CHARLIE DUKE / APOLLO 16 LMP,” “ALAN BEAN / APOLLO 12 LMP,” "AL WORDEN. APOLLO 15 CMP."
SIGNED BY 10 ASTRONAUTS, INCLUDING 6 MOONWALKERS.
Neil Armstrong mentioned From the Earth to the Moon during a television broadcast from the Apollo 11 spacecraft on July 23, 1969, the day before he and his crew mates returned to Earth. "A hundred years ago, Jules Verne wrote a book about a voyage to the Moon. His spaceship, Columbia [sic], took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to the Moon. It seems appropriate to us to share with you some of the reflections of the crew as the modern-day Columbia completes its rendezvous with the planet Earth and the same Pacific Ocean tomorrow."