Apollo 15 postal covers incident in the moon landings, the public's fascination with items flown in space increased, as did their value. Although it was not publicly known until September 1972, 15 of the men who entered space as Apollo Program astronauts, before Apollo 15, had agreed with a West German named Horst Eiermann to autograph 500 philatelic items (postcards and blocks of stamps) in exchange for $2,500. This included a member of each mission between Apollo 7 (1968) and Apollo 13 (1970). These items were not taken into space. Covers were prepared by the crews and flown on Apollo 11, Apollo 13 and Apollo
MV Apollo April, all sailings by the ferry were cancelled due to severe ice conditions in the strait. MV Apollo MV "Apollo" is a vehicle/passenger ferry that currently services the route between St. Barbe, Newfoundland and Labrador and Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada. "Apollo" was originally built for Viking Line of Sweden in 1970. In 1976, she was sold to Olau Line for its service between Sheerness, England and Vlissingen, Netherlands, and was renamed "Olau Kent", before returning to Scandinavia in 1981 as the "Gelting Nord" of Danish operator Nordisk Færgefart. In 1984, she was chartered to Brittany Ferries as the "Benodet", before moving