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Auction archive: Lot number 131

APOLLO SPACECRAFT – BROOKS, C.G., GRIMWOOD, J.M., and SWENSON, L.S. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft (NASA SP-4205). Washington: NASA, 1979.

Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 131

APOLLO SPACECRAFT – BROOKS, C.G., GRIMWOOD, J.M., and SWENSON, L.S. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft (NASA SP-4205). Washington: NASA, 1979.

Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

APOLLO SPACECRAFT – BROOKS, C.G., GRIMWOOD, J.M., and SWENSON, L.S. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft (NASA SP-4205). Washington: NASA, 1979. Covering the efforts and challenges surrounding the development and construction of the Apollo space vehicles, signed by seventeen Apollo astronauts. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Apollo flight number(s) by Buzz ALDRIN, Alan BEAN, Frank BORMAN, Gene CERNAN, Gordon COOPER, Walt CUNNINGHAM, Charles M. DUKE, Jr, Richard GORDON Fred HAISE, James LOVELL James McDIVITT, Edgar MITCHELL, Dave SCOTT, Tom STAFFORD, Wally SCHIRRA and Al WORDEN. Historical details on the development and construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules by NASA and North American Aviation are presented in this NASA Special Publication. The flight profile changes to Lunar Orbit Rendezvous assisted Grumman Aircraft and Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, Long Island, New York to win the Lunar Module (LM) contract. The problems of recovering from the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire needed to be addressed, prompting the corrections required to enable the first unmanned test of the LM on Apollo 5 and the first manned flight of Apollo 7, to be followed by the LM on Apollo 9. Complete flight narratives are dedicated to the success of Apollo 8, 10 and 11. 10 by 7 inches. 538 pp. Original blue cloth.

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

APOLLO SPACECRAFT – BROOKS, C.G., GRIMWOOD, J.M., and SWENSON, L.S. Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft (NASA SP-4205). Washington: NASA, 1979. Covering the efforts and challenges surrounding the development and construction of the Apollo space vehicles, signed by seventeen Apollo astronauts. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Apollo flight number(s) by Buzz ALDRIN, Alan BEAN, Frank BORMAN, Gene CERNAN, Gordon COOPER, Walt CUNNINGHAM, Charles M. DUKE, Jr, Richard GORDON Fred HAISE, James LOVELL James McDIVITT, Edgar MITCHELL, Dave SCOTT, Tom STAFFORD, Wally SCHIRRA and Al WORDEN. Historical details on the development and construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules by NASA and North American Aviation are presented in this NASA Special Publication. The flight profile changes to Lunar Orbit Rendezvous assisted Grumman Aircraft and Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, Long Island, New York to win the Lunar Module (LM) contract. The problems of recovering from the Apollo 1 spacecraft fire needed to be addressed, prompting the corrections required to enable the first unmanned test of the LM on Apollo 5 and the first manned flight of Apollo 7, to be followed by the LM on Apollo 9. Complete flight narratives are dedicated to the success of Apollo 8, 10 and 11. 10 by 7 inches. 538 pp. Original blue cloth.

Auction archive: Lot number 131
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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