CREW PROCEDURES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE FATAL APOLLO 1 FIRE Apollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist, page 5-5 / 5-6, a single sheet in red tint to assist quick location during emergencies. Printed recto and verso. NASA/MSC, April 15, 1969, revised June 1, 1969. 8 x 5-1/2 inches. With a Typed Letter Signed by BUZZ ALDRIN and copy of the checklist front cover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN: "Used in training for Apollo XI, BUZZ ALDRIN" on page 5-5. Provenance: Originally from the collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. BUZZ ALDRIN'S provenance letter reads in part: "Accompanying this letter is a page numbered 5-5 and 5-6 from the CSM 107 (Apollo 11) Launch Operations Checklist, SKB32100080-306. The pages are part of the complete manual that was used in the Command Module simulator ... The sheet is from Section 5 titled: Launch Emergency Procedures. "Side 5-5 has the remaining steps to follow in case a spacecraft fire occurs in space if we were not wearing our space suits. Side 5-6 has the procedures to deal with a fire during spacecraft re-entry into earth's atmosphere. The last steps on this side are how to begin an emergency power down of our spacecraft. A fire in the spacecraft is an extremely dangerous occurrence because Neil, Mike, and I clearly remember the tragic loss of fellow astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee due to such an event while on the launch pad back in January 1967...."
CREW PROCEDURES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE FATAL APOLLO 1 FIRE Apollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist, page 5-5 / 5-6, a single sheet in red tint to assist quick location during emergencies. Printed recto and verso. NASA/MSC, April 15, 1969, revised June 1, 1969. 8 x 5-1/2 inches. With a Typed Letter Signed by BUZZ ALDRIN and copy of the checklist front cover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN: "Used in training for Apollo XI, BUZZ ALDRIN" on page 5-5. Provenance: Originally from the collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. BUZZ ALDRIN'S provenance letter reads in part: "Accompanying this letter is a page numbered 5-5 and 5-6 from the CSM 107 (Apollo 11) Launch Operations Checklist, SKB32100080-306. The pages are part of the complete manual that was used in the Command Module simulator ... The sheet is from Section 5 titled: Launch Emergency Procedures. "Side 5-5 has the remaining steps to follow in case a spacecraft fire occurs in space if we were not wearing our space suits. Side 5-6 has the procedures to deal with a fire during spacecraft re-entry into earth's atmosphere. The last steps on this side are how to begin an emergency power down of our spacecraft. A fire in the spacecraft is an extremely dangerous occurrence because Neil, Mike, and I clearly remember the tragic loss of fellow astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee due to such an event while on the launch pad back in January 1967...."
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