FISHER SPACE PEN

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Debuting on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, Fisher Space Pen has been on every NASA manned space flight since. In fact, Fisher Space Pens now has its own permanent exhibit inside the Apollo / Saturn V Centre at the Kennedy Space Centre, which proudly shares our history and products with some three million people a year. Our products have also managed to find themselves onboard the International Space Station and have been utilized by the Russian and Chinese space programs, as well!... When the astronauts began to fly, like the Russians, they used pencils. But the lead sometimes broke and became a hazard by floating in the capsule's atmosphere where there was no gravity. It could float into an eye or nose or cause a short in the thousands of exposed electrical connections in the spacecraft... Paul Fisher designed astronaut pen built for more than just outer space. Fisher Space Pens can write at an angle and in extreme temperatures.

Also known as: Fisher Pen Company, GBA PEN COMPANY LIMITED

Previous names: G.B.A. BOOK COMPANY LIMITED

Registration numbers: 00988143 (CH)

Primary location: Chelmsford United Kingdom