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Apollo 11

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:NA Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Apollo 11

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Auction Date:2013 Nov 21 @ 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
Original flown double-sided printed page from the flight plan used and carried to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission, covering the hours from 92 to 95 after liftoff, hand-notated by Michael Collins, one page both sides, 10.25 x 8, pages 3-60 and 3-61, signed in ballpoint on page 3-61, “This page was flown to the moon aboard Apollo XI July 1969, Buzz Aldrin.” On the same page, Collins has written in-flight notes in pencil, “Start solo storage,” and “Unpack solo book,” as well as adding a small check mark to the lower left of the page. The pages cover the end of the astronauts rest period, as well as breakfast while in lunar orbit. In fine condition.

This page is accompanied by a letter of provenance and explanation signed by Aldrin, which reads, in part: “Enclosed with this letter is a sheet numbered 3-60 and 3-61 from the Apollo 11 Flight Plan, Part No. SKB32100080-350, S/N 1001. It is part of the entire document that was carried to the Moon in Command Module Columbia during the first lunar landing mission. This sheet is from the detailed timeline section and covers hour 92 to the beginning of hour 95 in the mission. Page 3-60 lists the last hour and a half of our fourth rest period which started at approximately 85 hours after launch…Page 3-61 lists our scheduled breakfast during the tenth revolution of the Moon. The first landing of men on the Moon was less that 10 hours away at this point on July 20, 1969. Mike Collins wrote the following on this side during the mission: ‘Start Solo Stowage, Unpack Solo Book.’ This was a note to himself that he should start to secure Columbia for his time alone while Neil Armstrong and I landed and explored the lunar surface. Mike had a checklist called the ‘Solo Book’ which he used for this particular time of flight operations. Mike also made the check mark on the lower left side of this sheet. The ‘P22 for observation…’ note was written prior our launch on July 16…This page has been in my private collection since 1969. I have written on page 3-61: ‘This page was flown to the Moon aboard Apollo XI, July 1969’ and signed it along the right side of that page.” An important piece of history as Armstrong and Aldrin would begin final preparations for their lunar descent, leaving Collins to begin his procedures for his time alone in orbit.
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