But before getting back on board, they left behind a few mementos — their backpacks, an American flag, a small gold pin shaped like an olive branch and a patch from the never launched Apollo 1 mission.
The commemorative stamps were already printed, the medals struck; he had sketched the patch-image himself, an American bald eagle with olive branches in its claws.
He also offered an olive branch to arch-rival India, saying instead of wasting energy and resources on wars, the two countries should wage battles against poverty, ignorance and disease.