Lunar sample and rocket engine artifact connect Apollo first moon landing with Artemis 1 mission.
In addition to the F-1 parts, the museum is also flying a medallion commemorating the 1968"We did a search through the collection to find things that we thought were the right mix of being really significant and would have their significance enhanced by inclusion on this flight, but were not things that were not also somewhat duplicated in the collection.
There are items to create even more commemoratives after the mission is over. The Orion, SLS and Exploration Ground Systems programs are each flying bags of metal shavings that were made in the course of manufacturing their respective vehicles . Microchips engraved with the names of the nearly 30,000 people who worked on Artemis 1 are part of the mission's Official Flight Kit.
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