Enjoy the photos below.
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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
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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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Buzz 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
at his home in San Diego.
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