To the left of the desk, on the shelf along the northern end of the western wall is a Mars globe that was created from pictures sent by the Mariner IX mission in November of 1971. Mariner IX was the first orbital mission to Mars. The Phoenix Lander near the North Pole has a digital copy of “The Martian Chronicles.” Curiosity Lander landed in the Gale Crater in the summer of 2012 on what would have been Bradbury’s 92nd birthday (he passed away on June 5, 2012). The NASA Curiosity Team named the place where they landed the “Ray Bradbury Landing Zone.”

Next to the globe on the left is a photo taken of the Apollo 11 Astronauts: Neal Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin second man to walk on the moon and Michael Collins who was in the orbiter. The photo is autographed by Michael Collins. Ray Bradbury knew most of the astronauts. He was a favorite because many of them said they were inspired to go to space because of his stories. Col David Scott the Commander of Apollo 15 named “Dandelion” Crater in honor of Mr. Bradbury.

To the left of this picture you see the jar with the original contents that was used in the Alfred Hitchcock Hour’s 1964 adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s story, “The Jar.” And next to the jar is a photo with Ray Bradbury, Pat Buttram, who played the lead role in the show, and episode producer Norman Lloyd, who produced, directed, and even acted in a number of Bradbury adaptations for Hitchcock.

Also on this shelf, to the left, are other space awards. Two Space Shuttle commemorative models celebrate Bradbury’s participation in programs supporting the American shuttle program during the 1980s and 1990s. The Moon casting is the 2010 Space Pioneer Award presented by the National Space Society; the tall rocket is the Thomas Ball Memorial Award from the Space Writers of America for his LIFE Magazine articles about the Apollo Program. There is a Russian award from the Russian Academy of Science.