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Apollo

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Apollo

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Auction Date:2012 May 23 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : 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
Six items: small fragments of Kapton foil and Beta cloth, materials developed for and used extensively in the space program, affixed to an 8 x 4.75 laserprint of an astronaut on the moon. The print is affixed to a slightly larger card; a 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; NASA brochure entitled “Lunar Flight Plan,” 4 x 9, published in 1967 by the NASA Public Affairs Office. The publication provides information on ‘Man’s Greatest Adventure’ and details how the lunar landing would take shape; two different Manned Flight Awareness posters, both 8.25 x 11, one with images of the Apollo 11 crew, the other having images of the Apollo 13 crew, with printed signatures of each crew member; and a printed prayer entitled, ‘Prayer of the Apollo 14 Recovery,’ 8 x 10.5, signed at the conclusion in blue ballpoint, “Cecil R. Threadgill.” Poem reads, in part: “O Lord God, Your blessings of safety to Astronauts Shepard, Roosa and Mitchell, and success to their mission, stirs worldwide gratitude and rejoicing. Bless the success of our technical progress to the enrichment of our souls.” In overall fine condition, with some light toning and handling wear.