FLOWN Texas State Flag An approximately 4x6 inch silk flag c

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FLOWN Texas State Flag. An approximately 4x6 inch silk flag carried to the Moon on Apollo 16. Mounted on a 10x12 inch NASA certificate which has been signed by Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Charlie Duke. (ECR) NASA, 1972

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This Texas flag symbolizes the role that Texas played in the NASA lunar program with the Manned Spacecraft Center being located just to the south of Houston. The certificate reads: "This flag was flown aboard the first Apollo mission to the lunar highlands." The flag has been inscribed and signed: "Flown to the Moon on Apollo 16, Charlie Duke."