Presentation of "Fallen Astronaut" Sculpture Replica to NASM
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ID: SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-4345]
Creator: Farrar, Richard
Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1972
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image No. 72-4345
Presentation of replica of "Fallen Astronaut," a minituare aluminum sculpture made by Paul van Hoeydonck (at right and far right) to Michael Collins, Director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM). The original sculpture was taken on the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon and left there along with a plaque honoring the 14 American and Soviet space travelers who had died to that point in service to human spaceflight.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image No. 72-4345
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-4345]
120mm;