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3 days ago
- Entertainment
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‘One-of-a-kind exhibition' in Columbus chronicles astronaut's space missions
A new exhibition in Columbus offers a glimpse into space through the eyes of an astronaut who went there and did that not once but three times. Photographs from retired NASA astronaut Dave Scott's three space missions are on display at the Columbus State University Bo Bartlett Center through Aug. 2. The exhibition, titled 'Images from Space that Fire the Imagination' features images from Scott's missions aboard Gemini VIII, Apollo 9, and Apollo 15. 'Americans have always been explorers. They've always been cutting edge. They've always thought out of the box,' Tina Cross, coordinator of external funding at Columbus State University's Coca-Cola Space Science Center told the Ledger-Enquirer, 'and these astronauts led the way to finding things that are just Earth-shaking or Moon-shaking, as the case may be.' Included in the exhibition are photographs taken by Scott, including one he took of Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin working on the Moon near the Lunar Rover. The show is a collaboration between the Bo Bartlett Center and the Coca-Cola Space Science Center, featuring items from Scott's personal collection that have been donated to the CCSSC via Scott's brother, Tom Scott, who worked with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce. 'He was familiar with the Space Science Center from its initial stages,' Cross said, 'and so, about eight or nine years ago, he started bringing things from Dave to us. And the first pictures he brought are here.' The Bo Bartlett Center is at 921 Front Ave. in downtown Columbus. It is open Tuesdays-Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Chicago Tribune
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: ‘The Star-Spangled Banner' made the national anthem
Today is Monday, March 3, the 62nd day of 2025. There are 303 days left in the year. Today in history: On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a bill making 'The Star-Spangled Banner' the national anthem of the United States. Also on this date: In 1849, Congress established the U.S. Department of the Interior. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the act creating the National Academy of Sciences. In 1943, in London's East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green Tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter. In 1945, Allied troops fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War II after a monthlong battle that destroyed much of the city. In 1969, Apollo 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a mission to test NASA's lunar module. In 1991, motorist Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed chase; amateur video that captured the scene aired on local news that evening, sparking public outrage. In 2022, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid crisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $6 billion in a deal intended to staunch a flood of lawsuits. Today's birthdays: Filmmaker George Miller is 80. Singer Jennifer Warnes is 78. Author Ron Chernow is 76. Football Hall of Famer Randy Gradishar is 73. Musician Robyn Hitchcock is 72. Actor Miranda Richardson is 67. Radio personality Ira Glass is 66. Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee is 63. Rapper-actor Tone Loc is 59. Hockey Hall of Famer Brian Leetch is 57. Actor Julie Bowen is 55. Actor David Faustino is 51. Actor Jessica Biel is 43. Singer Camila Cabello is 28. NBA forward Jayson Tatum is 27.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Science
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Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his handwritten letter, it was too late. The Apollo 11 commander and his crewmates had already arrived at a design to represent the first moon landing. Armstrong's note and the mission patch proposal that inspired it are up for auction in Goldberg Coins & Collectibles' Feb. 27 public sale in Los Angeles. The emblem art and first moonwalker's reply are part of the Clark C. McClelland collection, an archive of astronaut autographs, cscale rocket models and flown memorabilia from the estate of a NASA engineer who died in 2021. "My father worked on hundreds of manned and unmanned U.S. missions during his 34 years with NASA at Cape Canaveral in Florida," said Carrie Lane, one of McClelland's daughters, in a statement released by Goldberg. Though other items from the collection are estimated to sell for more, McClelland's attempts to help with designing an Apollo mission patch may be the most unique pieces in the sale. Goldberg has grouped the majority of the concepts into one lot, which they have appraised at $700 to $1200. Related: Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon "McClelland had a bit of an artist in him and submitted logo ideas to the various mission crews of Apollo and later the shuttle program," the auction catalog description for Lot 1017 reads. "McClelland submitted the most designs for Apollo 11 and Apollo 12, well over a dozen each." There are also designs for Apollo 8, the first mission to send humans around the moon, Apollo 9 and the mid-flight explosion-plagued Apollo 13, as well as concept logos for rockets from when McClelland worked at the Martin Company (later Martin-Marietta and today Lockheed Martin). One of McClelland's pencil drawings for Apollo 11 shows a circular patch with the astronaut symbol at its center flagged by the Mercury and Gemini program logos. "This emblem shows recognition of each step [of the] national space program that has led to the Apollo 11's landing," McClelland wrote to the Apollo 11 crew in April 1969, three months before their launch. Another full-color concept depicts an American flag planted on the moon at the center of a gumdrop-shaped emblem with the trajectory of the mission from Earth to the moon as the hand of god. The path itself appears to be filled with the lunar surface as seen from orbit and includes the Latin inscription, "Annuit Coeptis" ("Providence Favors Our Undertakings"), as borrowed from the Great Seal of the United States. As Goldberg notes, McClelland's "designs were competing with so many others to win the favor of the various crews," and none of his Apollo ideas were accepted. "We felt as though we wanted our own thoughts incorporated into the patch & have completed our design. I thought you might like your renditions back," wrote Armstrong before writing out his name (rather than adding his signature). Separately, Armstrong inscribed one of his early NASA portraits to McClelland, "with appreciation for your ideas." Similarly, Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins, who is credited with coming up with the eagle-centric concept for the Apollo 11 insignia, extended his thanks on an autographed photo for McClelland's "help on the Apollo XI mission & emblem." Both Armstrong's and Collins' signed photos, together with a third inscribed "with many thanks" by Buzz Aldrin, are included in the sale in another lot (1154), which is estimated to sell for $1,200 to $1,500. The Apollo 11 astronauts collaborated with a different NASA employee, illustrator James Cooper, to develop Collins' drawings into a final design. "We've been particularly pleased with the emblem of our flight, depicting the U.S. eagle bringing the universal symbol of peace from the Earth, from the planet Earth, to the moon, that symbol being the olive branch," said Aldrin in a broadcast from space during the moon mission. Related: The moon: Everything you need to know about Earth's companion Related stories: — Trump administration removes Apollo moon rock from White House Oval Office — The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon — Astronaut's mission 'back to Earth' lands on colorful spacesuit patch One additional lot (1165, $400 to $600) provides a look at one more unsuccessful attempt by McClelland to design an Apollo patch. His Apollo 12 concept design uses the same shape and some of the elements from one of his rejected Apollo 11 emblems, but incorporates naval wings as a nod to the "all Navy crew." The border of the patch artwork was signed by the Apollo 12 astronauts, Charles Conrad, Alan Bean and Dick Gordon. Though he never saw any of his designs launch to the moon, McClelland did design (and have produced) a commemorative patch in memory of the fallen STS-51L space shuttle Challenger crew. Lot 1017 includes his original color marker rendering and a embroidered example of the 1986 emblem. In total, Goldberg Coins & Collectibles' auction has more than 200 lots with memorabilia from some of the nearly 40 space missions that McClelland worked. Follow on Facebook and on X at @collectSPACE. Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
