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Auction archive: Lot number 96

FLOWN APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE THERMAL LAYER SEGMENT.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 96

FLOWN APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE THERMAL LAYER SEGMENT.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

FLOWN APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE THERMAL LAYER SEGMENT. IN SPACE FOR SOME 195 HOURS AND MADE 30 ORBITS OF THE MOON. FLOWN foil segment, being approximately 5/8 by one half inch, mounted on a Typed Note Signed by Buzz Aldrin. Included is an 8 by 10 inch official NASA photolithograph of the Apollo 11 astronauts in their space suits. Both displayed on an approximately 14 x 12 inch blue mat board. The photolithograph is SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "BUZZ ALDRIN, Apollo XI LMP." Provenance: Originally from the collection of Buzz Aldrin. BUZZ ALDRIN'S signed provenance note reads: "The segment placed here was removed from Command Module Columbia after the first manned lunar landing mission during July 16 to 24, 1969. This flown segment is from my personal collection." Part of Command Module Columbia's thermal protection system was a highly reflective layer that covered the entire outer surface. This skin segment traveled some 500,000 miles during the Apollo 11 flight and was exposed to the vacuum of space for over 195 hours. The thirty lunar obits lasted almost 60 hours.

Auction archive: Lot number 96
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2019
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:

FLOWN APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE THERMAL LAYER SEGMENT. IN SPACE FOR SOME 195 HOURS AND MADE 30 ORBITS OF THE MOON. FLOWN foil segment, being approximately 5/8 by one half inch, mounted on a Typed Note Signed by Buzz Aldrin. Included is an 8 by 10 inch official NASA photolithograph of the Apollo 11 astronauts in their space suits. Both displayed on an approximately 14 x 12 inch blue mat board. The photolithograph is SIGNED and INSCRIBED: "BUZZ ALDRIN, Apollo XI LMP." Provenance: Originally from the collection of Buzz Aldrin. BUZZ ALDRIN'S signed provenance note reads: "The segment placed here was removed from Command Module Columbia after the first manned lunar landing mission during July 16 to 24, 1969. This flown segment is from my personal collection." Part of Command Module Columbia's thermal protection system was a highly reflective layer that covered the entire outer surface. This skin segment traveled some 500,000 miles during the Apollo 11 flight and was exposed to the vacuum of space for over 195 hours. The thirty lunar obits lasted almost 60 hours.

Auction archive: Lot number 96
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2019
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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