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Auction archive: Lot number 72

EARLY MERCURY COMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING BOOKLET—SIGNED.

Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 72

EARLY MERCURY COMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING BOOKLET—SIGNED.

Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Communications for Mercury. Sandia Corporation, 1961. 12 pp. 6 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Original tan wrappers. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Mercury Atlas (MA) number: "SCOTT CARPENTER MA-7, GORDON COOPER MA-9" and "WALLY SCHIRRA, MA-8." Future communications roles for the Bell System, Western Electric, Sandia, and other subsidiaries are explained in detail along with artist illustrations showing various Mercury flight phases. The Mercury world-wide tracking network is made from a combination of land lines, submarine cables, and radio links. Plans are described how astronaut voice and spacecraft telemetry will be processed over the tracking network.

Auction archive: Lot number 72
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Communications for Mercury. Sandia Corporation, 1961. 12 pp. 6 ½ by 8 ½ inches. Original tan wrappers. SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Mercury Atlas (MA) number: "SCOTT CARPENTER MA-7, GORDON COOPER MA-9" and "WALLY SCHIRRA, MA-8." Future communications roles for the Bell System, Western Electric, Sandia, and other subsidiaries are explained in detail along with artist illustrations showing various Mercury flight phases. The Mercury world-wide tracking network is made from a combination of land lines, submarine cables, and radio links. Plans are described how astronaut voice and spacecraft telemetry will be processed over the tracking network.

Auction archive: Lot number 72
Auction:
Datum:
8 Apr 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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