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Apollo-Soyuz Signed Color Launch Photo

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
Apollo-Soyuz Signed Color Launch Photo
<B>Apollo/Saturn 18 (Apollo Soyuz Test Project) Signed Color Launch Photograph,</B></I> 10.75" x 14" matted to 15.5" x 19.5", framed to 18.5" x 22.5". Pictured is the launching of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project's (ASTP) NASA Apollo/Saturn 18 space vehicle from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 3:50 p.m., July 15, 1975. The Soviet spacecraft (Soyuz 19) was launched seven and one-half hours before the American ASTP/Apollo-Saturn 18 liftoff. Inscribed on the matte "<I>To Nig and Betty Coons-With Very Best Wishes,</B></I> and signed by the American crew: Crew Commander "<I>Tom Stafford,</B></I>" Command Module Pilot "<I>Vance Brand,</B></I>" and Docking Module Pilot "<I>D K Slayton.</B></I>" Light stains at perimeter of image, else fine. ("Nig" was an affectionate nickname for Dr. Coons and Betty was his wife.) <I>From the estate of Dr. D. Owen Coons, Chief of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center Medical Office.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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