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Apollo 17 Tool Kit

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Apollo 17 Tool Kit

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Auction Date:2013 May 23 @ 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
Flown Apollo 17 complete tool kit carried in the command module America on the Apollo 17 lunar mission—the last lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. Sixteen-piece set is housed in its original Beta cloth pouch, serial #V36-601135-501, in their respectively labeled Velcro closing pocket. Kit measures 12 x 25.25 when unrolled. When rolled, the kit seals with three Velcro tabs at the top and has a patch identifying it as “Tool Kit.” Each tool has a tether ring and is designated with a heavy stock card NASA-MSC System and Component Historical Records, each piece’s history from being flown on the Apollo 17 Command Module, with a flight duration of 304 hours, 44 minutes, and 20 seconds, and its release from bonded storage.

The tool kit consists of:

Tool ‘E’— an adapter handle is used in conjunction with the drivers.

Tool ‘F—10 inch crescent wrench used to install and remove the survival beacon connector and for emergency activation of hatch latches

Tool ‘L’— 5 inch long Cold Plate Clamp Driver bearing a 7/32” hex and 7/16” socket used to remove the Command Module’s waste servicing plug (on Panel 352) in preparation for dumping of the onboard waste water tank.

Tool ‘R’—combination 7/16” socket and /No. 10 Torque Set screwdriver used to adjust Command Module mirror universal joints that may become misaligned due to vibration.

Tool ‘V’—U-joint driver that is used to get at hard to reach locations (can be rotated up to a 30 degree angle).

Tools ‘W’—1, 2, 3, and 4 are primarily intended for application in conjunction with the docking probe (they are actually modified SNAP-ON tools).

Tool ‘W’—¼ drive Midget Ratchet Wrench used in conjunction with tools 1-4

Tool ‘1’—combination 3/8 inch 12 point socket and ¼ inch drive socket which is used to remove the nuts from the bolts that retain the shock strut to the docking probe supports.

Tool ‘2’—¼ inch flat screwdriver used to manually remove the forward tunnel hatch latch pivot pin to gain access to the docking probe.

Tool ‘3’ and ‘4’— are number 8 and 10 torque set drivers which can be used to remove the fairings from the docking ring latches (prior to manual release of those latches). Tools 3 and 4 may also serve as a backup to Tool “R”.

14 inch tether has a snap hook which can be used to secure the tool to the crewmember when moving about in the spacecraft.

The 3 Jackscrews were available for use as backup latches in the event that the installed hatch latches became inoperable or the hatch was deformed.

Tool ‘H’—a 10 driver with a 7/16 inch driver and 5/32 inch hex driver to remove and install the onboard food freezer from its stowed position.

Entire kit is also accompanied by a Space Division, North American Rockwell Corporation temporary parts removal tag. In addition, each tool has its own serial numbers. This kit was located in the CM in locker A-8, and was listed on the official mission stowage list as being the only one aboard. Complete, intact artifact sets of this kind with such detailed records for each individual piece are exceedingly rare and in very high demand.
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