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heng44 Member Posts: 3461 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 10-03-2020 03:17 AM Apollo 12 command module pilot Dick Gordon signs his name on the side of command module 108 in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory after the flight. The text reads: "Yankee Clipper Sailed With Intrepid to The Ocean Of Storms, Moon November 14, 1969."
LM-12 Member Posts: 3491 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 10-03-2020 03:55 AM There is an almost identical message written inside the command module around the FDAI on the main display console, including the crew signatures. It is mentioned at 224:43:09 in the transcripts.
Fra Mauro Member Posts: 1685 From: Bethpage, N.Y. Registered: Jul 2002	posted 10-03-2020 09:59 AM I've seen that in the Virginia Air and Space Museum. Another great photo!
Spacepsycho Member Posts: 840 From: Huntington Beach, Calif. Registered: Aug 2004	posted 10-10-2020 11:51 AM The pen Dick is using looks like a paintbrush. I wonder if Al used that to start his career as an artist.
randy Member Posts: 2309 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999	posted 10-10-2020 12:33 PM I does look like a very fine brush.

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