Kennedy Space Center : Apollo 50: Next Giant Leap
Apollo 50: Next Giant Leap commemorative trading cards were distributed from
2018–2022 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Merritt Island,
Florida. A set was issued on the 50th anniversary of each Project
Apollo launch from Apollo 7 on October 11, 2018, to Apollo 17 on December 7,
2022. Each set for Apollo 7–9 was originally released in a sealed cellophane pack. Later sets
were released in resealable storage bags.
Each mission set includes three individual astronaut crew portraits, a mission
insignia card, and Apollo 50: Next Giant Leap header card. The back of
each card contains "Fast Facts" about the astronauts and mission objectives.
The Apollo 8 set includes an additional "Earthrise" card. The Apollo 11 set
includes three additional cards featuring Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface.
The Apollo 12 set includes the 1997 painting "Reaching for the Stars" by Alan
Bean. The Apollo 13 set includes NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
| Apollo 50: Next Giant Leap |
|---|
| Apollo 7 |
| Apollo 7 Insignia |
| Walter M. Schirra |
| Donn F. Eisele |
| R. Walter Cunningham |
| Apollo 8 |
| Apollo 8 Insignia |
| Frank Borman |
| James Lovell |
| William Anders |
| Apollo 8 Earthrise |
| Apollo 9 |
| Apollo 9 Insignia |
| James A. McDivitt |
| David R. Scott |
| Russell L. Schweickart |
| Apollo 10 |
| Apollo 10 Insignia |
| Thomas P. Stafford |
| John Young |
| Eugene Cernan |
| Apollo 11 |
| Apollo 11 Insignia |
| Neil Armstrong |
| Michael Collins |
| Buzz Aldrin |
| Apollo 11 Footprint |
| Walking on the Moon |
| First U.S. Flag on the Moon |
| Apollo 12 |
| Apollo 12 Insignia |
| Charles Conrad, Jr. |
| Richard F. Gordon, Jr. |
| Alan L. Bean |
| "Reaching for the Stars" |
| Apollo 13 |
| Apollo 13 Insignia |
| James A. Lovell, Jr. |
| John L. Swigert, Jr. |
| Fred W. Haise, Jr. |
| Gene Kranz / Failure is not an option |
| Apollo 14 |
| Apollo 14 Insignia |
| Alan B. Shepard, Jr. |
| Stuart A. Roosa |
| Edgar D. Mitchell |
| Apollo 15 |
| Apollo 15 Insignia |
| David R. Scott |
| Alfred M. Worden |
| James B. Irwin |
| Apollo 16 |
| Apollo 16 Insignia |
| John W. Young |
| Thomas K. Mattingly II |
| Charles M. Duke, Jr. |
| Apollo 17 |
| Apollo 17 / Eugene A. Cernan |
| Eugene A. Cernan |
| Ronald E. Evans |
| Harrison H. Schmitt |