Auction Date:2013 May 23 @ 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
Flown eye test date card carried on board Gemini 5. Double-sided laminated card measures 1.5 x 2.5 and was for the “In-flight Visual Acuity Experiment S-8/D-13,” performed by Pete Conrad and Gordon Cooper. Conrad’s side of the card is filled out during the seventh revolution, one day and 15 minutes into the flight, with Conrad getting “8 wrong.” Cooper took the test on the same day, five minutes earlier than Conrad and got “12 wrong.” Card is presented on a 4.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 walnut base with informational plaques on both sides. Accompanied by an original NASA manual for the experiment, signed on the front cover in black ink, “Pete Conrad, Gemini V, Plt.” Also accompanied by a photocopy of an October 19, 1972, story from the Galveston Daily News about the card. In fine condition. The included article talks about how the Government investigated the ownership of the card back in 1972. This represents one of the first attempts by the Government to replevin a flown artifact that was in the possession of an astronaut. In this case, Gordon Cooper, gifted the eye chart to his friend. Any flown experiments, particularly with recorded data, are quite desirable.
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