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Friendship 7

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Friendship 7

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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
A cut cross section of the last umbilical cable to be released from the Atlas rocket used to launch John Glenn into orbit. The section measures approximately .75? in diameter, and was separated a fraction of a second after lift-off on February 20, 1962. Section is encased in Lucite and accompanied by a photocopied letter of authenticity from Philip Culbertson, stating the cable comes from the final umbilical. Culbertson was the Chief Project Engineer for the Atlas launch vehicles used in the Mercury program.