This is a duplicate spacesuit for the astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon, brought by OMEGA for their commercial advertisment "The Speedmaster Watch". Make sure to see it at Salhiyah Complex (near Starbucks as you see in the photo) before the 15th of this month because it will be no longer there. I had a meeting with Brand manager of OMEGA and discuss the possiblity to have this spacesuit dislayed at The Scientific Center during World Space Week (WSW). He really likes the idea and he told me he wanted to display it at Scientific Center in first place but they didn't have anything connected to space. Unfornatly, I cannot have this spacesuit displayed during WSW becuase it must fly to Dubai after the 15th. :(
Anyhow, He told me interesting story about the watch and that OMEGA received a Snoopy award, the highest distinction from NASA astronauts, on 5 October 1970 in recognition of its vital role in the safe return to Earth of the Apollo 13 mission.
"The legendary “Moon Watch” – flight-qualified by NASA for manned spaceflight missions in 1965 is the only watch ever to be worn on the moon. "
Oh by the way Sergei Krikalev wore one of OMEGA "Speedmaster watch" abroad the ISS ;)
Friday, December 09, 2005
The First Watch on The Moon
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Claude Nicollier wears a gold-titanium Breitling Aerospace. As do I :)
Hi Maryam,
Quite an interesting blog you have here.. you might want to consider submitting it to the Kuwait blog aggregator at www.iopblogs.com
Enjoy :)
It's a pity you couldn't get the use of the space suit, that would have been an interesting display item. I live not too far from the famous radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, in the north of England. For years, the visitors centre there had Michael Collins' Apollo 11 spacesuit on display. That was always my favourite exhibit.
This is pretty good blog you're running, by the way, good luck for the future.
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