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[Apollo Flown Missions]
Assorted Material From FLOWN Spacecraft and Crew Equipment Mounted on Signed Astronaut Displays
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July 15, 03:35 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
[NASA]
This lot features two curved spacesuit oxygen hose segments, each approximately 2 inches in length, FLOWN TO THE MOON on APOLLO 12 and mounted on display signed by CDR Pete Conrad; Ablative Material Flown on Apollo 7 approximately .5 x 1 inch in size, mounted on display SIGNED by LMP WALTER CUNNINGHAM; an approximately 1.5-inch square of unflown Beta cloth on display signed by LMP Charlie Duke; an approximately 1 by 1.5-inch segment of unbleached Teflon® Apollo Headset Material on display signed by LMP ED MITCHELL; an approximately 1/2 by 1-inch segment of Apollo Command Module Recovery Material, on display SIGNED by LMP ALAN BEAN
TOGETHER WITH Apollo – Skylab PBI Material. Skylab Inflight Clothing Material, and Skylab Sunshade Material all on displays signed by APOLLO 12 and SKYLAB II ASTRONAUT ALAN BEAN
AN ARCHIVE OF FLOWN AND UNFLOWN MATERIALS FROM APOLLO 7 THROUGH SKYLAB, SIGNED BY ASTRONAUTS WHO USED THEM
Bringing explorers to the Moon and safely back to Earth required incredible feats of engineering. The present lot makes these innovations apparent through an offering of several material samples spanning Apollo 7 through Skylab. This sampling includes a piece of an Apollo headset, known as a “Snoopy Hat” due to its shape and coloration reminiscent of the beloved beagle.
Other notable samples include the spacesuit oxygen hose segments flown to the lunar surface and on a display signed by one of the Moon’s explorers. The Skylab Sunshade segments, showing front and back of the material, attest to a remarkable story of engineering. The original protective shade was ripped away by aerodynamic forces during the space station’s launch. A new sun shade was sewn together by seamstresses on Earth using material like the swatches attached, then deployed on Alan Bean’s mission.