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Auction archive: Lot number 68

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – United States flag.

Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 68

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – United States flag.

Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – United States flag. Carried in Lunar Module Snoopy to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. "This flag is one of the fastest flown space artifacts to exist from the Apollo Program. This speed record will not be broken until an astronaut crew returns from a mission to Mars..." SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Thomas STAFFORD along the lowest white stripe: "Flown to the Moon on Apollo X." The flag is displayed on a typed and signed provenance letter, reading: “The United States flag displayed below was flown to the Moon on Apollo X during May 18-26, 1969. I was commander of this mission which tested critical flight maneuvers that would enable Apollo 11 to make the first lunar landing just two months later in July 1969. I carried this flag inside our Lunar Module named ‘Snoopy’ where Gene Cernan and I approached within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. Just prior to the beginning of the Apollo X re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on May 26, John Young Gene, and I, as well as this flag, established the all-time record for the fastest speed ever flown by man - 24,791 nautical miles per hour or the equivalent of 28,528 statute miles per hour. No other Apollo crew matched or exceeded this speed. Therefore, this flag is one of the fastest flown space artifacts to exist from the Apollo Program. This speed record will not be broken until an astronaut crew returns from a mission to Mars sometime during the twenty-first century.” Silk flag, 4 by 6 inches, affixed to provenance letter. [With:] Three-part color photolithograph showing the lunar landing ellipse for Apollo 11 and descent target to 50,000 feet for Apollo 10, Command Module Charlie Brown in lunar orbit, and the ascent stage of Lunar Module Snoopy returning from a close fly-by of the lunar surface. All archivally matted to 12.5 by 19.5 inches.

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

FLOWN ON APOLLO 10 – United States flag. Carried in Lunar Module Snoopy to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. "This flag is one of the fastest flown space artifacts to exist from the Apollo Program. This speed record will not be broken until an astronaut crew returns from a mission to Mars..." SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Thomas STAFFORD along the lowest white stripe: "Flown to the Moon on Apollo X." The flag is displayed on a typed and signed provenance letter, reading: “The United States flag displayed below was flown to the Moon on Apollo X during May 18-26, 1969. I was commander of this mission which tested critical flight maneuvers that would enable Apollo 11 to make the first lunar landing just two months later in July 1969. I carried this flag inside our Lunar Module named ‘Snoopy’ where Gene Cernan and I approached within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface. Just prior to the beginning of the Apollo X re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on May 26, John Young Gene, and I, as well as this flag, established the all-time record for the fastest speed ever flown by man - 24,791 nautical miles per hour or the equivalent of 28,528 statute miles per hour. No other Apollo crew matched or exceeded this speed. Therefore, this flag is one of the fastest flown space artifacts to exist from the Apollo Program. This speed record will not be broken until an astronaut crew returns from a mission to Mars sometime during the twenty-first century.” Silk flag, 4 by 6 inches, affixed to provenance letter. [With:] Three-part color photolithograph showing the lunar landing ellipse for Apollo 11 and descent target to 50,000 feet for Apollo 10, Command Module Charlie Brown in lunar orbit, and the ascent stage of Lunar Module Snoopy returning from a close fly-by of the lunar surface. All archivally matted to 12.5 by 19.5 inches.

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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