Lot no. 365
On a marché sur la lune, 1969 edition (B38bis) with a black ink drawing of Tintin and Snowy, signed and dedicated by Hergé, and 6 astronaut dedications (Apollo 11 and 13 to 17 missions). A folder containing photos of the astronauts signing this album is included. Very very good / Near mint condition.
Apollo 11: First manned lunar mission
Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Lunar Module "EAGLE", the first manned spacecraft (by Armstrong and Aldrin) to have landed on a celestial body other than Earth; the first man to have written on it (the coordinates of "EAGLE" in "the timeline book"); to have spoken on it: "contact lights"; and the second man to have walked on it.
He signed and wrote: "FIRST MOONWALKERS AFTER TINTIN".
Apollo 13
Fred Haise
Lunar Module Pilot for this aborted mission (the astronauts were described as space castaways) wrote: "LIKE TINTIN BEFORE ME, WE HAVE HAD PROBLEM DURING OUR FLIGHT TO THE MOON, BUT WE CAME BACK SAFE!
Apollo 14
Edgar Michell, lunar module pilot on the fourth lunar mission and the sixth man to walk on the moon, signed and wrote "THE LONGEST WALK ON THE MOON AFTER TINTIN".
Apollo 15
Al Worden wrote: "When orbiting the moon, I took the farthest - out space walk, including Tintin's".
Apollo 16
Charlie Duke, lunar module pilot on the sixth lunar mission and tenth man to walk on the moon, signed and wrote: "THE YOUGEST MAN AFTER TINTIN TO EXPLORE THE MOON".
Apollo 17
Gene Cernan flew two lunar missions: He first approached the moon (at 8.4 miles) during the Apollo 10 test mission.
He then served as captain of Apollo 17, becoming the last man to walk on the moon.
He signed and wrote: "I AM NOT SO SURE TINTIN WAS THE FIRST MOONWALKER BUT I AM SURE TO BE THE LATEST ONE (UP TO NOW)".
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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