Space Pencil

Nasa ordered 34 mechanical pencils from houston s tycam engineering manufacturing inc in 1965.
Space pencil. The fisher space pen is able to write in zero gravity and works upside down under water over grease and in extreme temperatures. Frequently bought together total price. When these prices became public there was an outcry and nasa scrambled to find something cheaper for the astronauts to use. Space pencils wooden pencils with eraser on top space planet theme design great for classrooms doctor s office party favors etc new in package new 4 from 10 99 free shipping.
The premium colored lead in these pencils is very soft. They paid 4 382 50 or 128 89 per pencil. Add all three to cart add all three to list. Apollo nasa astronauts like the soviet cosmonauts used pencils according to nasa historians.
Each pencil creates alluring swirls and features informative labels for deep space identification. Reach new coloring heights with these 10 twotone colored pencils inspired by nasa s deepspace images. Featuring photos from nasa. Astronauts and soviet cosmonauts initially used pencils on space flights but those writing instruments were not ideal.