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Apollo Escape System

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Apollo Escape System

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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
Technical paper from the Space Division of North American Rockwell Corporation entitled “Development of the Apollo Launch Escape System,” dated November 1967, 8.5 x 11, nine pages. This paper, prepared by three engineers defining the requirements and the specifications for the escape tower fitted to Apollo spacecraft. This was a small rocket affixed to the top of the command module. Its purpose was to lift the astronauts to safety in the event of a catastrophe during the launch stage. Many are of the opinion it would probably not have achieved that result due to the size and ferocity of a Saturn rocket explosion. In fine condition.