This weekend you’ll have a chance to buy a piece of Michigan and space history. A state of Michigan flag, carried on board Apollo 15, to the moon and back, is being auctioned. All three members of the Apollo 15 crew had ties to the University of Michigan.
The online auction benefits a science scholarship program. Former NASA astronaut Al Worden piloted the Apollo spacecraft. The Michigan native hopes the 8 by 12 inch flag will attract a lot of bidding.
“I would expect it to bring in 5 or 6 thousand dollars. I think the last one that sold at auction I donated brought in almost $6 thousand.”
Worden says the online auction is raising money for science scholarships.
“We give out something like 25 scholarships…10 thousand dollars each…every year…which means we have to raise a lot of money. And one of the ways we do that is by selling artifacts that are donated by astronauts who’ve made a flight…and that is kind of a mainstay how we raise our money.”
The online auction of NASA memorabilia concludes Saturday night at 10 pm. Anyone interested in bidding on the space flag should go to ‘AstronautScholarship.org’.
