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AS201

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AS201

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Auction Date:2011 Sep 22 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Flight-flown heat shield segment encased within a 3-inch diameter Lucite disc. The heat shield segment is from Apollo Command Module 009, a Block I CM launched onboard SA-201 on February 26, 1966. Imprinted within the Lucite is the identifying statement: “APOLLO Saturn 201, 18,000 mph re-entry, 26 Feb, 1966.” A primary objective of this very abbreviated suborbital flight was to test the effectiveness of this material. Apollo Saturn 201 was not only the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket but the first real flight of a production Command and Service Module (CSM-009). It was a Block I version though, whereas all manned missions would end up using the Block II.