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September 26, 2005
Hands Off the Collection
Founder and former head of the Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center, Max Ary, is facing in hot water and facing "19 charges including wire and mail fraud, embezzlement of public funds and money laundering," according to the Witchita Eagle. That's bad news for Ary but not the only bad news. During a search of his home, according to Ary's attorney, sticky-fingered feds lifted items that belonged to Ary's private collection and not his employer. Among the items MIA:
• A mission chart autographed by Gene Cernan, among the last astronauts to land on the moon with Apollo 17.• A mission patch autographed by the crew of Apollo 13.
• Rolls of film from Apollo 13 and 16 missions.
• Fifty-four autographed photos of astronauts.
• A space boot from the Gemini program.
Posted by Deborah Branscum at September 26, 2005 01:32 PM