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Gemini B

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Gemini B

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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 large heatshield sample of Gemini B. Cylindrical section measures three inches in diameter and is encased in a 4 x 4 x 2 clear block affixed to a 9 x 6 walnut base with a descriptive plaque reading “Sample of Heatshield of Gemini B, Project Gemini B–MOL 1966.” The Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) was to be used for reconnaissance purposes. Crews would be launched on 40-day missions and return to Earth using a Gemini B spacecraft. Item originates from the first auction dedicated to space exploration, held in 1993—a photocopy of the item's description in that catalog is taped on the underside of the base.