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40 Years Man on the Moon - Start Geocoin KITE - Apollo 11

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Released:
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Origin:
Eastern England, United Kingdom
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In the hands of countrylad&cee.

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To boldly go to the Kennedy Space Centre and return safely to East Anglia, UK, in this decade and visit caches along the way, not because they're easy, but because they're hard.

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KITE - Apollo 11

Shown on on side is an engraving of Saturn 5 rocket with Apollo 11 on top, moving slowly to pad 39A. Around the rim is the lift off time and date. The reverse face gives details of the hardware,serial numbers and call signs.

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Tracking History (15684.7mi) View Map

Visited 4/21/2012 Oma,andOpa took it to 4 & 20 Wisconsin - .9 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/21/2012 Oma,andOpa retrieved it from GeoSlayton Wisconsin   Visit Log

Very nice coin, will put some miles on it. Thanks for sharing.

Dropped Off 4/14/2012 curado placed it in GeoSlayton Wisconsin - 132.43 miles  Visit Log

I thought this would be right in line with the space theme. http://www.dekeslaytonmuseum.com/
Slayton was chosen as one of the original seven American astronauts in 1959. He was scheduled to fly in 1962 on the second orbital flight (to have been named Delta 7, the name coming from the mission being the fourth spaceflight—the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet and the seven astronauts), but because of an erratic heart rate (idiopathic atrial fibrillation), he was grounded, and his place was taken by Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7. Slayton was the only member of the Mercury Seven who did not fly in the Mercury program. He was one of the eight Paresev pilots.

A long medical program led to Slayton being restored to full flight status in 1972, when he was selected as docking module pilot for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a docking between the American Apollo spacecraft and the Soyuz spacecraft of the Soviet Union. On July 17, 1975, the two craft joined up in orbit, and astronauts Slayton, Thomas Stafford and Vance D. Brand conducted crew transfers with cosmonauts Aleksey A. Leonov and Valeriy Kubasov. At the end of the flight, an erroneous switch setting led to the introduction of noxious fumes into the Apollo cabin during landing, and the crew was hospitalized as a precaution in Honolulu, Hawaii for two weeks. During hospitalization, a lesion was discovered on Slayton's lung and removed. It was determined to be benign.

Upon his return from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project flight, he became head of Approach and Landing Tests Program for NASA's space shuttle program.

Perhaps somebody heading toward Houston or Florida will pick it up.

  • Geo Coin getting with an astronaut.
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/12/2012 curado retrieved it from I-39/US51/Wis21 TB/Geocoin Hotel Wisconsin   Visit Log

I have a place in mind to take this to.

Dropped Off 4/11/2012 sloughfoot placed it in I-39/US51/Wis21 TB/Geocoin Hotel Wisconsin - 78.96 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/3/2012 sloughfoot retrieved it from Pike Powder Hike Wisconsin   Visit Log

I can remember the moon landing taking place it was a great day for the space program. We will move it along shortly.

Dropped Off 4/1/2012 Syclone0044 placed it in Pike Powder Hike Wisconsin - 10.67 miles  Visit Log

Dropped in Wisconsin's oldest geocache at Pike Lake atop Powder Hill!

Retrieve It from a Cache 3/14/2012 Syclone0044 retrieved it from Don't Become a Troll Wisconsin   Visit Log

Awesome geocoin with deep impression! Picked up on a warm sunny day in Wisconsin, USA. I'll find a good spot for it.

Dropped Off 2/3/2012 Annie M placed it in Don't Become a Troll Wisconsin - 19.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/3/2012 Annie M retrieved it from Man's Best Friend Wisconsin   Visit Log

will move on

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