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Apollo 15 space flown ''High Flight'' poem on microfilm, from the personal collection of astronaut James Irwin. ''High Flight'' is the moving poem by pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr., reading,
''Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, -and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind - swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor ever eagle flew-
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.''
Microfilm measures approximately .5'' x .625'', double-matted and framed with an LOA signed by Irwin's widow, Mary Irwin-Vickers, an Apollo 15 patch, photo from the mission, poem transcript and copy of the flight manifest listing the microfilm. Entire display measures 25.5'' x 21.25''. Microfilm has floated out of casing, else near fine condition. Consigned by the Irwin estate.
Apollo 15 Space Flown ''High Flight'' Poem on Microfilm -- From the Personal Collection of Astronaut James Irwin
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