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Auction archive: Lot number 169

FLOWN ON APOLLO 14 – Texas State flag, 1971.

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$8,125
Auction archive: Lot number 169

FLOWN ON APOLLO 14 – Texas State flag, 1971.

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$8,125
Beschreibung:

FLOWN ON APOLLO 14 – Texas State flag, 1971. Accompanying native Texan Edgar Mitchell to the Moon on Apollo 14. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: " Flown to the moon on Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell ." This flag is displayed on a typed provenance letter by Mitchell, reading: "The Texas state flag displayed below was flown to the moon in the Apollo 14 Command Module Kittyhawk between January 31 to February 9, 1971. It was stowed in my Personal Preference Kit (PPK) and made 34 orbits of the moon, traveling nearly a quarter million miles from earth. Apollo 14 was commanded by Alan Shepard, the first American to fly in space, with Stuart Roosa serving as Command Module Pilot. I was the Lunar Module Pilot and made the third manned lunar landing of the Apollo Program with Alan Shepard on February 5. We spent just over 33 hours on the moon. During that time, Al and I made two lunar surface explorations, each lasting over 4 hours. We traveled over ½ mile from our lunar lander during our second surface exploration, the longest distance covered by foot during the Apollo Program." Silk flag, 4 by 6 inches. [With:] Color photograph, 10 by 9 inches, Mitchell on the Moon surface at Fra Mauro Archivally matted to 12.5 by 19.75 inches (image online).

Auction archive: Lot number 169
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

FLOWN ON APOLLO 14 – Texas State flag, 1971. Accompanying native Texan Edgar Mitchell to the Moon on Apollo 14. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: " Flown to the moon on Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell ." This flag is displayed on a typed provenance letter by Mitchell, reading: "The Texas state flag displayed below was flown to the moon in the Apollo 14 Command Module Kittyhawk between January 31 to February 9, 1971. It was stowed in my Personal Preference Kit (PPK) and made 34 orbits of the moon, traveling nearly a quarter million miles from earth. Apollo 14 was commanded by Alan Shepard, the first American to fly in space, with Stuart Roosa serving as Command Module Pilot. I was the Lunar Module Pilot and made the third manned lunar landing of the Apollo Program with Alan Shepard on February 5. We spent just over 33 hours on the moon. During that time, Al and I made two lunar surface explorations, each lasting over 4 hours. We traveled over ½ mile from our lunar lander during our second surface exploration, the longest distance covered by foot during the Apollo Program." Silk flag, 4 by 6 inches. [With:] Color photograph, 10 by 9 inches, Mitchell on the Moon surface at Fra Mauro Archivally matted to 12.5 by 19.75 inches (image online).

Auction archive: Lot number 169
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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