posted 07-03-2018 08:21 AM            

• the Gemini 12 caps had no wording on the back
  
• Schirra (Apollo 7) had "Capt. Schirra"
  
• the Apollo 8 caps had no wording on the back
  
• Young (Apollo 10) had "John"
  
• Armstrong (Apollo 11) may have had "Neil" (?)
  
• Gordon (Apollo 12) had "Dick"
  
• the Apollo 13 caps had no wording on the back
  
• the Apollo 15 caps had no wording on the back
  
• Young (Apollo 16) had "Apollo 16"
  
• Cernan (Apollo 17) had "Apollo 17"
  
• Carr (Skylab) had "Skylab 3"
  
• the ASTP caps had no wording on the back

posted 07-04-2018 08:31 AM            

The letter of certification from Lovell said Gemini 7, but I cannot seem to find a photo of Lovell (or even Borman) wearing a cap at the Gemini 7 recovery.

posted 07-05-2018 02:13 AM            

Was the Heritage Gemini 7 Lovell cap actually the Gemini 12 Lovell cap?

posted 07-05-2018 05:14 PM               

The Apollo 12 report lists 18 different types of souvenirs sold at the ship's store during the deployment, ranging from caps and the "Three More Like Before" buttons to mugs, ashtrays, Zippo lighters, ball-point pens, postcards, slides and more. These were snapped up not only by crewmembers but also by the many civilians (NASA personnel, technical representatives, journalists, etc.) embarked for the recovery mission.

A jacket is not among the items listed for Apollo 12; however, I imagine the offerings varied from ship to ship and deployment to deployment, depending on the imagination in supply departments and the ability to get these items produced.

posted 07-06-2018 02:21 PM            

The three Skylab 2 crewmen arrive on the deck of the prime recovery ship, USS Ticonderoga, following the successful splashdown of the Skylab 2 Command Module about 835 miles southwest of San Diego, California. Leading down the steps is astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, followed by scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot, and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot.

posted 07-07-2018 09:23 AM            

He wore a cap that read "USS HORNET / CAPT. SEIBERLICH / COMMANDING OFFICER / APOLLO 11" for the Apollo 11 recovery.

He also wore a cap that read "HORNET / APOLLO 12 / CAPT. SEIBERLICH" for the Apollo 12 recovery.

posted 07-10-2018 08:54 PM            

Conrad had a propeller on his white cap. From the Flight Day 2 mission transcripts at 01 06 26 20 GET:

CMP: Hey, Houston, what do you think of the hats our boss presented with us?

CC: We were just going to ask you for a little fashion show here, troops.

CMP: Well, we've got a space-qualified beta cloths and all those good things.

CC: Roger. CAPCOM has one, too.

CMP: Outstanding. Have you got a propeller on yours?

CC: No. Just one guy's got a propeller.

CMP: ... That's what I figured.

posted 07-13-2018 03:17 PM               

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Originally posted by LM-12:
The design on the bill of the Apollo 15 cap is rather unique.

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posted 07-13-2018 09:08 PM            

Rusty Schweickart was a civilian, so the bill of his cap did not have the scrambled eggs. It read "Apollo 9" instead.

posted 07-20-2018 02:30 PM            

Richard Gordon and Charles "Pete" Conrad sported baseball caps complete with saltie tradition of scrambled eggs when they stepped onto the deck of the USS Guadacanal (sic) following their successful three-day flight. Conrad and Gordon, each with the rank of Navy Commander, carried the baseball caps aboard their spacecraft and donned them just before they stepped onto the deck of the carrier.