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 very interesting and possibly unique bib used by Irwin during the LTA 8 testing. Heavy Beta cloth bib measures 15 x 27, with a Velcro closure around the neck, a 3.5 x 1 Beta cloth name tag, “J. Irwin,” sewn in the center, and an LTA 8 Irwin-Bull, Chamber B, insignia sticker affixed to the left breast. A small label is sewn on to the reverse with “H.F.0164,” written on it in an unknown hand. The most unusual aspect of the bib is a four-ring bulls-eye which has been sewn into the center of the bib. In fine condition, with some scattered light soiling and staining and patch beginning to peel off. Lunar Test Article 8 (LTA-8) was the thermal vacuum test article and was the first production, man-rated lunar module. Astronauts Jim Irwin and John Bull were assigned to conduct this test; however, prior to the test beginning, Bull developed sinus problems related to pressure changes that required him to be replaced by his backup, Gerry Gibbons. The LTA-8 tests were held in May and June 1968 and were very succesfull. Jim Irwin called the LTA-8 test ‘almost more rewarding’ than his trip to the Moon in 1971.
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