After 45 years, there's still no need to mess with perfection. This solid brass Fisher Original Astronaut Space Pen is exactly the same pen that has been used on all manned space flights since its 1968 maiden voyage on the Apollo VII mission.
Made in Boulder City, Nevada, this brass pen with its hard chrome plating pen has a comforting weight that rests reassuringly in your hand as write. It utilizes a two button click mechanism: the top button extends the refill while a side button retracts it. The knurled grip keeps your fingers from sliding and the clip easily extends over heavy fabric. As a Fisher Space Pen, it writes at any angle--including upside down--and in extreme heat and cold. It's also guaranteed to write on almost any smooth surface, whether wet or greasy or underwater, as well as on coated paper or photographs or x-rays. The thixotropic ink in the pressurized reservoir writes three times longer than your standard ballpoint, making it a go-to choice for alpinists and divers, paramedics, construction workers, and astronauts. This is the pen Buzz Aldrin carried to the moon in 1969 and has been used on all NASA Apollo and Shuttle missions since, as well as the International Space Station, Russian Soyuz and MIR space flights, French ARIANE Space program and the Everest North Face Ski Expedition. We highly recommend it for your next expedition, whether that's Antarctica or the coffeeshop 'round the corner!
- Length: 5.0 inches; Diameter: .375 inches
- Retractable w/ Side Button Release
- Thixotropic Ink
- All Metal
- Refill: Pressurized PR4 Black Ink Medium Point
- Packaging: Plastic Gift Box w/ Flock Lining
Material - Brass w/ Chrome Plating
Made In - USA