1969 Dandy Chewing Gum : The Struggle for the Universe
Universets Erobring
The Struggle for the Universe (Universets Erobring) was released in
1969 by Dandy Chewing Gum in Vejle, Denmark. The 200-card series is printed in
English and Danish, roughly translated from German text by Werner Büdeler. The collection reprints identical images and descriptions from
Kampf um den Weltraum, published in 1967 by Heinerle-Hugo Hein.
Card #192 depicts the primary crew of Gemini 8, Command Pilot Neil Armstrong and Pilot David Scott. The photograph is from a NASA press shoot at Mission Control Center in Cape Kennedy, Florida, on March 11, 1966. The image is printed in reverse on the card.
Card #195 features an Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew photo from May 1969: Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.