1969 Commodex Limited : Operation Moon Bubble Gum
James Burke presents... Operation Moon was released in 1969 by Commodex
Limited in London. The 88-card series features official NASA photographs from
Project Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. The wax wrapper illustration is based on a photograph of Mercury-Atlas 9 astronaut Gordon Cooper.
Each Operation Moon card measures approximately 2.3 x 3.1 inches (59 ×
78 mm). Each wax pack included a piece of bubble gum and a "Zak Stamp" that measures approximately 1.1 x 1.6 inches (28 x 40 mm). A premium astronaut
poster was available by mailing ten stamps and five pence to Commodex
Limited.
The back of each card contains a brief description and a facsimile signature of science historian James Burke. Burke hosted the BBC television series Tomorrow's World and served as the main reporter during the BBC Apollo 11 moon landing broadcast.
The back of each card contains a brief description and a facsimile signature of science historian James Burke. Burke hosted the BBC television series Tomorrow's World and served as the main reporter during the BBC Apollo 11 moon landing broadcast.
A 100-card expanded series was later distributed in the Netherlands by Monty Fabrieken, a gum manufacturer in Holland. Various Monty Fabrieken card titles are printed in Dutch and English. The card backs do not contain any text descriptions. Cards #1–88 form a large puzzle image of Mercury-Atlas 9 astronaut Gordon Cooper. The additional card backs #89–100 are blank.
| Checklist | |
| 1 | Lunar Orbiter 5 |
| 2 | Lunar Orbiter 5 |
| 3 | Surveyor 7 |
| 4 | Ram C-1 |
| 5 | Pegasus 3 |
| 6 | O.A.O. 1 |
| 7 | Mariner 5 |
| 8 | Mariner 5 |
| 9 | O.S.O. 3 |
| 10 | O.S.O. 4 |
| 11 | Pageos 1 |
| 12 | Ariel 3 |
| 13 | Biosatellite 2 |
| 14 | Biosatellite 5 |
| 15 | Intelsat |
| 16 | Intelsat |
| 17 | Atlas Centaur |
| 18 | A.T.S. 3 |
| 19 | Photo of earth, taken by A.T.S. |
| 20 | Freedom 7 |
| 21 | Faith 7 |
| 22 | Gordon Cooper |
| 23 | Gordon Cooper |
| 24 | Saturn 1 |
| 25 | Saturn 1 |
| 26 | Gemini GT 1 |
| 27 | Gemini GT 6/7 |
| 28 | Gemini GT 9 |
| 29 | Gemini GT 12 |
| 30 | Edwin Aldrin |
| 31 | James Lovell |
| 32 | Neil Armstrong |
| 33 | Frank Borman |
| 34 | Scott Carpenter |
| 35 | Eugene Cernan |
| 36 | Richard Gordon |
| 37 | Roger Chaffee |
| 38 | Charles Conrad |
| 39 | John Glenn |
| 40 | James McDivitt |
| 41 | Russell Schweickart |
| 42 | Walter Schirra |
| 43 | Edward White |
| 44 | John Young |
| 45 | Anders / Armstrong / Gordon / Conrad |
| 46 | Ariel 3 |
| 47 | McDivitt / White |
| 48 | Richard Nixon |
| 49 | Apollo 9 |
| 50 | Houston Control |
| 51 | L.M. 3 |
| 52 | L.M. 3 |
| 53 | Scott / Armstrong |
| 54 | Lovell / Aldrin |
| 55 | Atlas Agena D |
| 56 | Armstrong / Collins / Aldrin |
| 57 | Russell Schweickart |
| 58 | L.M. 3 |
| 59 | Thor Agena D |
| 60 | Motor Block Gemini-Titan 2 |
| 61 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 62 | Apollo meal overwrap |
| 63 | One-meal overwraps |
| 64 | Personal hygiene material |
| 65 | Color code designates type of meal |
| 66 | Examples of food and hardware Gemini 3/4 |
| 67 | Astronaut-eye-view of Earth |
| 68 | Moon crater Langrenus |
| 69 | Examples of freeze-dehydrated foods |
| 70 | Examples of cubed foods |
| 71 | Original Mercury food provisions |
| 72 | Eating in a space environment |
| 73 | Meal with space meal equivalent |
| 74 | Path of Apollo 8 |
| 75 | Station that follows Apollo |
| 76 | The vehicle assembly building |
| 77 | Examples of freeze-dehydrated foods |
| 78 | Houston Control |
| 79 | Gemini GT 7 |
| 80 | Gemini GT 7 |
| 81 | A.T.S. 3 |
| 82 | Edward White |
| 83 | Borman / Lovell / Anders |
| 84 | Saturn 5 |
| 85 | Edward White |
| 86 | Re-entry parachute Gemini |
| 87 | McDivitt / White |
| 88 | Donald Slayton |
| Monty Fabrieken | |
| 89 | Down to Moon landing |
| 90 | |
| 91 | The first sample |
| 92 | |
| 93 | |
| 94 | |
| 95 | Early Apollo surface experiments package |
| 96 | |
| 97 | The plaque |
| 98 | |
| 99 | |
| 100 | |
| 101 | |
| 102 | |
| 103 | The rendezvous |