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Auction archive: Lot number 69

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – Cloth mission emblem, 1969.

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Auction archive: Lot number 69

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – Cloth mission emblem, 1969.

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
Beschreibung:

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – Cloth mission emblem, 1969. One of fastest flown space artifacts from Lunar Module Snoopy of the Apollo 10 mission. The emblem design shows the lunar surface with the Earth in the far background, featuring Command Service Module Charlie Brown and Lunar Module Snoopy returning from the close fly-by of the lunar surface. The emblem is displayed on a typed and signed letter of provenance by Tom Stafford, reading: " This cloth crew emblem was carried to the Moon on the flight of Apollo X beginning May 18, 1969. Upon return to the Earth on May 26, this emblem became one of the fastest flown artifacts from space travel, reaching some 24,791 nautical miles per hour prior to re-entry into our planet’s atmosphere. This emblem flew to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface in our Lunar Module named Snoopy. " Cloth emblem, 4.5 inches in diameter. [With:] Color photolithograph SIGNED by Thomas STAFFORD depicting Snoopy returning from a close fly-by of the lunar surface and two other scenes, 8 inches square. Archivally matted to 12.75 by 19.5 inches

Auction archive: Lot number 69
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – Cloth mission emblem, 1969. One of fastest flown space artifacts from Lunar Module Snoopy of the Apollo 10 mission. The emblem design shows the lunar surface with the Earth in the far background, featuring Command Service Module Charlie Brown and Lunar Module Snoopy returning from the close fly-by of the lunar surface. The emblem is displayed on a typed and signed letter of provenance by Tom Stafford, reading: " This cloth crew emblem was carried to the Moon on the flight of Apollo X beginning May 18, 1969. Upon return to the Earth on May 26, this emblem became one of the fastest flown artifacts from space travel, reaching some 24,791 nautical miles per hour prior to re-entry into our planet’s atmosphere. This emblem flew to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface in our Lunar Module named Snoopy. " Cloth emblem, 4.5 inches in diameter. [With:] Color photolithograph SIGNED by Thomas STAFFORD depicting Snoopy returning from a close fly-by of the lunar surface and two other scenes, 8 inches square. Archivally matted to 12.75 by 19.5 inches

Auction archive: Lot number 69
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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