Moon Globe
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1969
name: label: maker
content: Replogle Globes, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This moon globe is 6 inches in diameter, with topographical features painted in shades of white, gray and tan. Three lunar landings are located and labeled. One is the U.S.S.R.'s LUNIK 2, dated 9/12/59, and described as "First unmanned spacecraft to reach the moon." The second is the RANGER 4, dated 4/26/62, and described as "First U.S. unmanned spacecraft to reach the Moon." And there is the site of the U.S. APOLLO 11, dated 7/20/69, and described as "First manned spacecraft landing."
label: Description
content: With the globe came a twelve-page booklet written by Robert I. Johnson, and titled <i>The Story of the Moon</i>. The cover shows a view of the moon composed from satellite photographs and carries the notation: "This book dedicated to the Flight of Apollo 8."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Sputnik
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Elton L. Howe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0015.02
label: accession number
content: 1990.0015
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0015.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: globe
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.7 cm x 17.1 cm; 6 9/16 in x 6 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: globe: 6 in; x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 6 13/16 in; 16.51 cm x 17.30375 cm