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Space Zippos
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America's space exploration is a popular
theme with many Zippo collectors. |
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In October 1967
Russia launched the
first satellite into
space. The United
States was shocked,
fearing the Russians
have jumped way
ahead in the
conquest of space.
Senator Lyndon
Johnson expressed
the fears at the
time: "Soon, they
will be dropping
bombs on us from
space like kids
dropping rocks onto
cars from freeway
overpasses!"
General Electric was
a pioneer in the
design and
construction of
re-entry vehicles,
and the slim Zippo
is dated 1958, the
year NASA and the
Mercury project were
created. |
In 1962 Grumman
Aircraft Engineering
Corporation received
a contract to
design and build the
lunar module which
was ultimately used
in
the 1969 moon
landing.
The slim Zippo is
dated 1966 |
In 1961 NASA
announced a
plan to extend the
existing manned
space flight program
by development of a
two-man spacecraft.
The program was
officially
designated Gemini,
named after the
third constellation
of the zodiac,
featuring the twin
stars
Castor and Pollux.
The
Gemini program ended
after twelve
missions in 1966,
the
year this slim Zippo
with the
Gemini logo was
produced. |
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The 1969.Town &
Country Zippo with
the colorful images
of
Neil Armstrong,
Michael Collins and
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
is the
rarest of Apollo 11
commemorative
Zippos. The image
of the
three astronauts in
black paint on the
1969 Zippo to the
right
was replicated in
color in 1984 |
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The Apollo-Soyuz
Test Project was the
first human
spaceflight mission
managed jointly
by two nations, the
US and the Soviet
Union. In 1975 it
achieved its goal of
rendezvous
and docking of human
spacecraft.
The slim Zippo is
from 1974. |
The Apollo
program began in
1963 and
ended in 1972 after
landing six missions
on the moon. The
Zippo with the
Apollo
logo is from 1976 |
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This slim Zippo from
1978 depicts a
lunar vehicle of
unknown origin |
NASA wanted a more
portable camera for
its space missions,
it selected Nikon as
a special
manufacturer. This
two-sided
Zippo is from 1980. |
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