An Almost-Flown Cap

Sketch completed 13 September 2009
Drawing Copyright by Ulrich Lotzmann. All rights reserved.
Click on the image for a larger version.

And from Chaikin's "Voices From the Moon", quoting Pete Conrad:  "I collect hats ... The other thing, which didn't make the flight, which I have at home, is a gigantic goddam hat, because everybody knew I collected hats, that I was going to wear on the lunar surface. But it didn't make theflight. It's a gigantic one to fit on top of the helmet. It was a blue and white ball cap, and it was all made to fit on top of the helmet. Somehow, the guys - It was fairly big, so I don't think they figured out how to get it on the spacecraft and get it by the inspectors."

Ulli writes; "As the Ap12 LEVAs were left on the moon, Pete's original Charlie Brown cap is shown here on Armstrong's AP11 flown LEVA."  See, also, photos of the cap being modeled by Ulli and Ken during the 40th Anniversary celebrations in Washington, DC, July 2009.