Moon Globe
Object Details
- Replogle Globes, Inc.
- Description
- This moon globe is 6 inches in diameter, with topographical features painted in shades of white, gray and tan. Three lunar landings are located and labeled. One is the U.S.S.R.'s LUNIK 2, dated 9/12/59, and described as "First unmanned spacecraft to reach the moon." The second is the RANGER 4, dated 4/26/62, and described as "First U.S. unmanned spacecraft to reach the Moon." And there is the site of the U.S. APOLLO 11, dated 7/20/69, and described as "First manned spacecraft landing."
- With the globe came a twelve-page booklet written by Robert I. Johnson, and titled The Story of the Moon. The cover shows a view of the moon composed from satellite photographs and carries the notation: "This book dedicated to the Flight of Apollo 8."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Elton L. Howe
- ca 1969
- ID Number
- 1990.0015.02
- accession number
- 1990.0015
- catalog number
- 1990.0015.02
- Object Name
- globe
- Measurements
- overall: 16.7 cm x 17.1 cm; 6 9/16 in x 6 3/4 in
- globe: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 6 13/16 in; 16.51 cm x 17.30375 cm
- Place Made
- United States
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
- Sputnik
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1187792
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-48b2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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