Space Exploration

[Apollo 11]

Michael Collins Signed Apollo 11 Flight Plan

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July 27, 02:53 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan, AS-506/CSM-107/LM-5. Houston, TX: NASA/MSC Flight Planning Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, July 1, 1969. Over 300 pp. 10½ by 8 inches. Orange card stock covers, punched. SIGNED by APOLLO 11 CMP MICHAEL COLLINS in COLOR INK

The complete step-by-step timetable for the first lunar landing, the flight plan is divided into 6 sections covering general information, samples of flight maneuver update pads, a detailed timeline, consumables, test objectives, and a summary

Please note that this is a modern reprint of an Apollo 11 flight plan and not a vintage printing.

A FLIGHT PLAN OF THE FIRST LUNAR LANDING, SIGNED BY APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE PILOT MICHAEL COLLINS

Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot (CMP) Michael Collins flew the command module Columbia around the moon, which he orbited thirty times whilst Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first crewed landing on the surface. Prior to Apollo 11, Collins was instrumental to the development of the Apollo project as an astronaut on Gemini 10, a mission in which he had two EVAs.