A s t r o n a u t s

 

Gordon Cooper

Farthest Reaches is pleased to announce a partnership with the family of the late Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut, Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper to present artifacts from his personal collection. Colonel Cooper was one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts and flew the final Mercury flight, "Faith 7" in 1963. He also commanded the first long duration Gemini flight, Gemini 5, with Charles "Pete" Conrad on the famous "8 Days or Bust" mission. Gordo was also the back up commander of Apollo 10 before retiring from NASA.

Colonel Cooper had a long and successful military career as a test pilot, a NASA Group 1 astronaut, as well as a long relationship with the Disney Company where he worked on aerospace related items to be presented to the public at the Disney parks.  Farthest Reaches is proud to be working with his wife, Mrs. Suzy Cooper, to present you with a wide variety of items, some being very unique from one of the original NASA astronauts.

 

Walt Cunningham

Farthest Reaches is pleased to offer artifacts for sale from the personal collection of Astronaut Walter Cunningham.  Walt was the LMP on the ground breaking first manned flight of Apollo, Apollo 7, in October 1968. This first test flight of the Apollo spacecraft covered 4,500,000 miles in just under 11 days in space. Before leaving NASA in 1971,Walt was instrumental in the final design of the flight hardware of the Skylab Manned Orbiting Workshop.  He is the author of the popular book, "The All American Boys".  Walt has recently entrusted Farthest Reaches with some of his flown and unflown artifacts and memorabilia direct from his personal collection.  We invite you to stop back from time to time as items become available from the golden age of Apollo.  Read more about Walt on his web site

Charlie Duke

 

Farthest Reaches is pleased to offer artifacts for sale from the personal collection of Brigadier General, Astronaut and Moon Walker Charles Duke.  Having flown as the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16 and having the honor of being the 10th man to walk on the moon, Charlie has been able to acquire a number of space related mementos spanning his years at NASA and beyond.  To that end, he has entrusted Farthest Reaches to make available to collectors worldwide, selected items from his collection that will be posted below as they become available.  We invite you to stop back from time to time as you just never know what unique treasures may suddenly appear. We also invite you to visit the Apollo 16 autograph page for a fine selection of authentically signed photographs by General Duke and his crewmates on Apollo 16.

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Ed Gibson 

With the 40th anniversary of Skylab, Farthest Reaches is pleased to offer artifacts for sale from the personal collection of Astronaut Edward Gibson.  Ed flew on the Skylab III manned mission in 1973 and was the co-holder of the space endurance record for 18 years. Having joined the program in 1965, Ed has been able to acquire a number of space related mementos spanning all of his NASA years.  To that end, he has entrusted Farthest Reaches to make available to collectors worldwide, selected items from his collection that will be posted below as they become available.  We invite you to stop back from time to time as you just never know what unique treasures may suddenly appear. 

 


 

Dick Gordon

Farthest Reaches is pleased to offer artifacts for sale from the personal collection of Astronaut Richard Gordon.  Having flown in both the Gemini (GT-11) AND Apollo (Apollo 12) Programs, Dick has been able to acquire a number of space related mementos spanning those NASA years.  To that end, he has entrusted Farthest Reaches to make available to collectors worldwide, selected items from his collection that will be posted below as they become available.  We invite you to stop back from time to time as you just never know what unique treasures may suddenly appear.

 

 

 




 

Wally Schirra

Farthest Reaches is both honored and appreciative for the opportunity to have known Wally Schirra both personally and professionally over the years.  He was everything you've every read or heard about him....and more.  Wally is and always will be missed by everyone who ever came to know him and for those of you who did have that pleasure, I'm sure you would all agree.   

Farthest Reaches is very pleased that we continue our close relationship with Wally's family and that end are offering quite a number of items this pioneer astronaut's personal archives.  Keep checking back as this page will update periodically.  Keep in mind that these are for the most part, unique one of a kind items, so don't delay if interested because when they are gone....they're gone!  Happy browsing or as Wally would have said, "Happy Landings!"

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Al Worden

Farthest Reaches is pleased to offer artifacts for sale from the personal collection of Apollo 15 CMP Al Worden.   Al who had the distinction of performing the first deep space walk during that mission (200,000 miles from Earth) was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997.  He is the former Chairman of the Board for the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.   During his NASA years Al was fortunate to have acquired a number of space related mementos.  To that end, he has entrusted Farthest Reaches to make available to collectors worldwide, selected items from his collection which will be posted below as they become available.  We invite you to stop back from time to time as you just never know what unique treasures may suddenly appear.

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