Alan Bean - Reaching For The Stars Signed by 28 Astronauts (31 signatures total)

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Originally signed by 24 Astronauts, this unique version is signed by 28 Astronauts with additional signatures from Frank Borman, Gene Cernan, Michael Collins, and Dave Scott. Plus Borman, Collins and Lovell have signed the canvas twice to represent both a Gemini flight and an Apollo flight, making an overall total of 31 signatures

From the first American in space to the last flight of an Apollo aircraft, 28 Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz astronauts signed Reaching for the Stars designating it a significant historical document. This canvas is an exact 3-D replica of the painting by Apollo 12 Moonwalker Alan Bean, making it an incredible piece of art. As a single document, Reaching for the Stars is one of the most fascinating and important records of the exploration of space you could possibly own.

Five Mercury, 12 Gemini, 19 Apollo, 8 Moonwalkers, 8 Skylab and one Apollo-Soyuz program astronauts all signed Reaching for the Stars. Such a record can never be created again. These are the men who visited the heavens at a time when the eyes of the world looked to space, the moon and beyond.

Reaching for the Stars was created for the rotunda of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame as an inspirational mural. In his work of art, you can actually feel and see the vestiges of lunar exploration. Just as with his original, your canvas features Alan Bean’s trademark “moonprints” of authentic lunar boots, impressions from a core tube-bit used to collect lunar soil samples and marks from a hammer used to drive the staff of the American flag into the Moon’s surface.

Meticulously produced over a five months period, this textured canvas faithfully recreates the look and feel of the original painting—including the artist’s brush strokes—using a state-of-the-art combination of technological, artistic and craftsmanship skills. No other reproduction process compares in quality and value. The resulting fine art canvas is as close as you will come to owning the original work of art.

Measures 27 x 34 inches

Hand signed by the following: Buzz Aldrin (Gemini 12 & Apollo 11) - Alan L. Bean (Apollo 12 & Skylab 3) - Frank Borman (Gemini 7 & Apollo 8) - M. Scott Carpenter (Mercury 7) - Gerald P. Carr (Skylab 4) - Gene Cernan (Gemini 9, Apollo 10 & Apollo 17) - Michael Collins (Gemini 10 & Apollo 11) - Charles "Pete" Conrad (Gemini 5 & Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 3) - L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. (Mercury 9) - Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7) - Charles M. Duke, Jr. (Apollo 16) - Owen K. Garriott (Skylab 3) - Edward G. Gibson (Skylab 4) - John H. Glenn, Jr. (Mercury 6) - Richard F. Gordon, Jr. (Gemini 11 & Apollo 12) - Fred W. Haise, Jr. (Apollo 13) - James A. Lovell (Gemini 12 & Apollo 8 & Apollo 13) - Jack R. Lousma (Skylab 3) - James A. McDivitt (Gemini 4 & Apollo 9) - Edgar D. Mitchell (Apollo 14) - William R. Pogue (Skylab 4) - Walter M Schirra, Jr. (Gemini 6, Mercury 9, Apollo 7) - Russell L. Schweickart (Apollo 9) - David R Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9 and Apollo 15) - Alan B. Shepard, Jr. (Mercury 3 & Apollo 14) - Thomas P. Stafford (Gemini 6, 9, Apollo 10 & Apollo-Soyuz) - Paul J. Weitz (Skylab 2) - Alfred M. Worden (Apollo 15)