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Gene Cernan's Apollo 17 LM Flown Sunglasses/Case

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:8,000.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Gene Cernan's Apollo 17 LM Flown Sunglasses/Case
<B>Gene Cernan's Apollo 17 Lunar Module Flown Sunglasses and Beta Cloth Case.</B></I> Manufactured by American Optical, 5½" size, 1-10 12K GF, with a NASA part number of "SEB12100033-201" and serial number of "60" printed on the right earpiece. There is a small piece of Velcro on the left earpiece to facilitate attaching them to the spacecraft control panel for safekeeping. The Beta cloth case has a hard plastic liner and a tag sewn to the top with the following information, "POUCH, SUNGLASSES/ SEB 12100034-203/ S/N 1054/ MFG. NASA MSC 3-70". Cernan has hand written on the back of the case, "<I>Flown on Apollo XVII to Lunar Surface Gene Cernan</B></I>".<BR><BR>To protect the astronaut's eyes from the extremely bright and unfiltered sunlight that could enter the windows of the Apollo spacecraft, each astronaut was provided with a pair of sunglasses. These sunglasses were worn by Cernan during the historic final mission to the moon in December 1972, both while aboard the Command Module <I>America</B></I>, and on the lunar surface in the Lunar Module <I>Challenger</B></I>. Complete with the Beta cloth covered case, these sunglasses were an important part of Cernan's personal flight equipment, as he became the last man to walk on the moon. <I>From the personal collection of Captain Gene Cernan accompanied by written authentication by Cernan.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Smal (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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