Part of Apollo 11 became the centerpiece of John Messick's wedding ring
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John Messick received a wedding ring with a fragment of the Apollo 11 spacecraft's thermopolyamide ribbon. The ring, made by Honest Hands Rings, also contains a lunar meteorite.
A part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that traveled to the moon with the first astronauts - a strip of golden thermopolyamide tape - is now the centerpiece of John Messick's wedding ring, UNN reports, citing Space.
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The engagement ring is made by Honest Hands Rings of Morrison, Colorado. The ring, which also contains a lunar meteorite, has become a talked-about item after a recently released video highlighting the significance of the piece and showing how it was made.
We have made thousands of rings before, but never with something so rare. It was the most stressful job we've ever taken on
Mesick's desire to create such a ring arose in part because he works as a planning manager at Lockheed Martin. The aerospace company is one of the main contractors of NASA's Artemi program, which supplies Orion, the spacecraft that is currently scheduled to send the first astronauts to the moon in more than 50 years.
A strip of golden thermopolyamide tape from a ship that flew to the moon was purchased at auction. The 23-centimeter piece was in the legacy of a NASA production management engineer who headed the machine shop responsible for preparing artifacts for display in the museum and for distributing memorabilia to space agency officials and employees.
This piece is much larger than I needed for the ring, but I'm going to hang the remainder framed in my home. It is something I will always treasure
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