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Headset Plantronics as Used on Apollo & Skylab

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:975.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Headset Plantronics as Used on Apollo & Skylab
<B>Headset, Pacific Plantronics Spencomm, As Used by Apollo and Skylab Astronauts.</B></I> This example is marked on the microphone, "Name: Headset, - Lightweight; Contact No.: NAS 9-9078; Manufacturer: Pacific Plantronics, Inc.; Mfr. Part No.; 75101-296; U.S.". The set is housed in a solid walnut, velvet lined display box (12" x 12" X 5.5") with a plaque that reads, "Headset AS-0500; Identical to those used by Apollo and Skylab Astronauts. Application: Flights from 1968 through the Apollo-Soyuz Mission in 1975. Designed and manufactured by: Plantronics - Spencomm".<BR>In 1961, NASA astronaut, Wally Schirra contacted Pacific Plantronics, to discuss creating a design for a small, lightweight headset to be used in the Mercury spacecraft. Plantronics. This headset was the result. <BR>Thus, in 1969, when U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong stood on the Moon and spoke one of the most enduring sentences in history: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind..." it was transmitted through a Plantronics headset.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Miscellaneous Collectibles, Larg (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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