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Gemini 5: Charles Conrad’s Flown Page

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Gemini 5: Charles Conrad’s Flown Page

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Auction Date:2015 Oct 22 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, 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 page from the Gemini V Experimental Procedure Book, 5 x 8, with a tab on the right side reading, “FILM, f,” potentially written in the hand of mission pilot Charles Conrad. The page features twelve-step directions for use of the unmodified Hasselblad 550C medium format cameras, with headings of “Magazine No.” and “Speed” at the top. Includes an off-white 4 x 5.5 Athens Hilton stationery sheet bearing handwritten notations by Conrad, in full: “16. EXP. Photography. Wx (2 types), Terrain, Celestial, Space Objects, Dim Light, 7 Types, D-1, 2 6, S-1, S-5, 6, 7, Medical 5 M1346, These for Dr. B.” Two felt tip emendations to lower portion of the flown page. In fine condition, with some dampstaining to upper right edge, two punch holes to left edge, and strips of tape to left edge and tab. Accompanied by a copy of a signed letter of provenance from Conrad. The Leon Ford Collection.