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FirstMoonStep's
founder Dr. William Hartel meeting Apollo 16
commander John Young after a speech in Scotland in
2000. Dr. Hartel has been a fan of the manned space
program since the days of the Gemini missions. He
considers himself extremely fortunate for having met
all 12 of the men who walked on the moon. He met his
first Apollo astronaut (Dave Scott, commander of
Apollo 15) at Chicago's Adler Planetarium in 1979
when his models of the Lunar Excursion Module was
on display. |
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Young performs a leaping salute of the flag during
his April 1972 mission. He and LM pilot Charlie Duke
spent 13 hours exploring the lunar surface. They
returned more than 200 pound of moon rocks to the
Earth for further study. Along with James Lovell
(Apollo 8 and 13) and Gene Cernan (Apollo 10
and 17), Young is one of only 3 men who has made the
trip to the moon twice. |
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Dr.
Hartel's son Eric shaking hands for the camera with
Apollo 11 LM pilot Buzz Aldrin at a book signing in
Tucson, AZ, in 2007. |
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Aldrin poses beside the American flag at Tranquility
Base. Buzz and Neil spent just 2 hours and 36
minutes walking the lunar surface setting up
experiments and collecting 47 lbs of moon material. |
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America's
first man in space and the commander of Apollo 14,
Astronaut Alan Shepard signs copies of his book
"Moonshot" for Dr. Hartel and his 2 young
daughters, Alyssa and Julia in 1994.
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| Shepard
posing beside the American Flag on his 1971 trip to
the moon.
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Apollo
11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin signs "First
Step" print. |
| Buzz
Aldrin poses with FirstMoonStep's saleswoman Cindy
Lakin. |
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Apollo
12 astronaut Alan Bean presents his "Beautiful
Moon" painting to Bill Hartel and Cindy Lakin. |
| Apollo
15 Commander Dave Scott poses with Dr. Hartel's son
Eric at Spacefest 09. |
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Apollo
8 astronaut Bill Anders poses with Cindy, Eric and
Bill |
