Pass
Pass
Pass

Pass

Object number2018.27.30
Date1969
MediumPaper; Ink; Plastic; Metal
Credit LineGift of Jay Apt
DescriptionApollo 11 press pass.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 2.813 × 4 × 0.5 in. (7.1 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsFront of card has printed black text "APOLLO [NASA emblem] 11 / Jerome M. Apt / NAME / Model Rocketry / ORGANIZATION / KENNEDY SPACE CENTER MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER / PRESS".

Reverse of card has printed black text "WARNING / U. S. Government Property... / [signature] / Security Officer / Serial No. 1646"; bottom right corner has red handwritten text "1081".
Historical NotesApollo 11 press pass belonging to Jay Apt. Jay Apt was the Business Manager of Model Rocketry magazine in the late 1960s. The monthly magazine had a peak circulation of approximately 50,000. Four magazine masthead staffers were granted press passes for the launch of the first mission to attempt a human landing on Earth’s moon. In addition to Apt, these were Gordon Mandell, George Flynn, and William Bengen. The four travelled by airline to Orlando thence by rental car to Kennedy Space Center the night before the 9:32 AM launch. Catching some sleep in the press dome, they saw and felt the Saturn V launch that carried Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins to the moon. Apt does not have a middle initial; the “M.” was mistakenly added to the pass.
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