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ALDRIN'S FLOWN APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE SKIN FRAGMENT
An approximately ¼ by ¼ inch FLOWN foil segment

20 July 2016, 13:00 EDT
New York

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ALDRIN'S FLOWN APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE SKIN FRAGMENT

An approximately ¼ by ¼ inch FLOWN foil segment mounted on a 3 by 8 inch Typed Note Signed by Buzz Aldrin. This material was used as a thermal protection layer on the very outer surface of Command Module Columbia. It was exposed to the vacuum of space for some 195 hours including almost 60 hours in lunar orbit.

BUZZ ALDRIN'S Typed Note Signed reads: "The segment placed here was removed from Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia after the first lunar landing mission of July 16 to 24, 1969. This flown segment is from my personal collection."

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