Flown Kapton foil from the Apollo 8 Command Module

Two Space Shuttles were lost in flight: Challenger (STS-51L) and Columbia (STS-107)

The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms

The source of this heatshield fragment was a larger block of heatshield encased into lucite as a presentation piece given to VIP's and NASA workers as recognition for their work in the space program

killing the crew of 7 astronauts

Apollo 17 LUNAR SURFACE FLOWN film presentation lunar surface Flown Kapton foil from theApollo 17 lunar surface flown film fragment from LM "Challenger" Lunar surface flown film fragment mounted on an 8x10 presentation card certified on the backside. Last manned lunar landing in mankind's history (so far): Apollo 17 Apollo 17 took the 11th and 12th people to the moon's surface in 1972. It was the first mission to include a scientist in its crew. Geologist "Jack" Schmitt was selected in 1965. Schmitt was chosen over crew member Joe Engle.