Lot 122
  • 122

Apollo 11 trajectory chart

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • a road map to the moon for the first lunar landing
  • paper, ink
Apollo Translunar / Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart (ATT), Apollo Mission 11. June 23, 1969, 20 by 24 inches.

Condition

very minor crease to lower right corner, otherwise very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

Boldly INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Our road map to the First Manned Lunar Landing! BUZZ ALDRIN, LMP."

The Earth is centered and viewed from above the North Pole. Concentric circles are plotted every 50,000 nautical miles from the Earth with the last circle defining the location of the Moon during July and August 1969.

The Apollo 11 flight trajectory is plotted to and from the Moon. Exact points of flight events are identified including the Earth launch, translunar injection, lunar and earth coast phases, lunar orbit insertion, lunar landing/liftoff, and transearth injection.

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