Monday, March 30, 2015

Needed for Fly Me to the Moon: Apollo Missions and Astronauts




I am in need of artists to make pieces honoring the Apollo Missions and 
their Astronauts. Maybe I can put a human face on the astronauts and explain 
briefly the significance of the missions. To keep it short and clear, I'll do a 
Mission and the related astronauts each day.

Apollo 1, the mission, has been assigned to an artist already, as has Gus Grissom. 
It was the first manned mission of the U.S. Apollo program. The mission never 
made it to itslaunch date on February 21, 1967. A cabin fire during a launch 
rehearsal test on January 27, 1967,  killed all three crew members;
Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White II, and 
Pilot Roger B. Chaffee, and completely destroyed the Command Module.

Edward Higgins "Ed" White, II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967), was 
a Lt. Colonel in the United States Air Force. He was an aeronautical engineer 
and was assigned to be the senior pilot on Apollo 1.On June 3, 1965, he became 
the first American to "walk" in space, as part of the Gemini IV mission. White died 
along with his fellow astronauts, Grissom and Chaffee. He died in the Apollo 1 
tragedy about a month before the scheduled launch. He was awarded the NASA 
Distinguished Service Medal for his flight in Gemini IV and then awarded the 
Congressional Space Medal of Honor posthumously.

Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967),was a Lt.
Commander in the US Navy, an aviator, an aeronautical engineer,  a test pilot and
was assigned to be the pilot on Apollo 1. Chaffee died along with fellow astronauts,
Grissom and White, about a month before the scheduled launch.  Chaffee was
posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Navy
Air Medal.

While the Apollo I mission and Gus Grissom are being honored in fabric, I still need 
artists who would like to create quilts to remember Ed White and Roger Chaffee. If 
you want to create a piece to honor one of these heroes, email me at 
quiltmeastory@verizon.net and I will send you the paper work.

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