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Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-20-2015 03:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Guests attending Saturday night's (March 21) Apollo 13 45th anniversary gala at the San Diego Air & Space Museum will each be receiving this 3-by-2-inch medal.

Image credit: SDASM/Francis French

p51
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posted 03-20-2015 05:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for p51   Click Here to Email p51     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Man, that so much looks like the challenge coin for the Navy recovery of the EFT-1 Orion test flight...

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-20-2015 05:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well, Orion's recovery was staged out of Naval Base San Diego and it is where the capsule returned to shore.

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