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Topic: Apollo 11 crew recipients of Kincheloe Award

stebur
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Posts: 43
From: Australia
Registered: May 2007

posted 09-14-2026 05:15 PM

In 1970, the Apollo 11 crew members were co-recipients of the coveted Ivan C. Kincheloe award. This was awarded to each crew member by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots for their outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of flight testing during their historic mission.

I am searching for the existence of any photos of the astronauts receiving this award at the official awards ceremony. I have contacted the SETP, but this has not yielded any results.

I would be very grateful to anyone who may be able to assist.

Jurg Bolli
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Posts: 1295
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 09-14-2026 07:56 PM

Here is a photo. It was glued into my German book "Wir waren die Ersten" ("First on the Moon"), signed by Armstrong with "Apollo 11" added and an inscription to a Swiss test pilot by Collins.

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