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289 lots available

WALLY SCHIRRA'S NEW JERSEY FLAG CARRIED ON APOLLO 7 FLOWN on Apollo 7, a New Jersey state flag, made of silk, 4 x 6 inches.

DOCKING COLLAR ABLATIVE MATERIAL FROM THE APOLLO 7 COMMAND MODULE Ablative Material Flown on Apollo VII.

FIRST MANNED APOLLO FLIGHT HEADS TO ORBIT - SIGNED AFTER A 21 MONTH DELAY DUE TO THE APOLLO 1 FIRE Color photograph, 10 by 8 inches.

APOLLO 7 ASTRONAUTS ABOARD THE USS ESSEX, CREW SIGNED Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches with printed NASA captions on verso.

APOLLO 7 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY POSTAL ENVELOPE, CREW SIGNED Postal envelope having an 8 cent Decade of Achievement stamp and Smithsonian Milestones of Flight address label, 4 x 6 ½ inches.

APOLLO 8—BATTERY PLATE FLOWN ON THE FIRST MANNED EXPEDITION TO ORBIT THE MOON

APOLLO 8 FLOWN MANEUVER CARD, SIGNED BY FRANK BORMAN & JAMES LOVELL WITH APOLLO 8 STAMP SIGNED BY WILLIAM ANDERS

APOLLO 8 LUNAR CHART INSCRIBED WITH "IN THE BEGINNING..." THE FIRST MEN IN LUNAR ORBIT READ FROM GENESIS Apollo Target of Opportunity Flight Chart (ATO), Apollo Mission 8, 21 December 1968 Launch Date.

APOLLO 8 EARTHRISE—SIGNED BY THE CREW

THOMAS STAFFORD'S APOLLO 9 ROBBINS MEDALLION FLOWN Apollo 9 medallion made by the Robbins Company, 1 inch in diameter, minted from sterling silver.

APOLLO 9 & GEMINI IV STAR CHART USED IN TRAINING, SIGNED BY JIM MCDIVITT Apollo Celestial Display Device. Prepared by the U.S. Army Map Service. Corps of Engineers, under NASA Purchase Request No T-27508-G, revised and augmented by FCS, MSC, NASA, accuracy verified by Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill, N.C. February, 1967.

FIRST MEN TO FLY THE LUNAR MODULE, CREW SIGNED Color photolithograph, 8 x 10 inches.

APOLLO 9 DURING SIM TRAINING AT KSC, CREW SIGNED WITH A RARE SMILE AND SIGNATURE FROM THE ICY COMMANDER - ALAN SHEPARD Black and white photograph, 8 x 10 inches.

SCHWEICKART PHOTOGRAPHS SCOTT ABOVE THE EARTH, SIGNED FIRST TIME TWO U.S. ASTRONAUTS PERFORM AN EVA AT THE SAME TIME Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches.

THOMAS STAFFORD'S FLOWN CREW BETA EMBLEM CARRIED IN LM "SNOOPY" TO WITHIN 50,000 FEET OF THE MOON

SNOOPY—MASCOT OF THE APOLLO X LM CREW, SIGNED Snoopy Astronaut doll, produced in China by Determined Distributions of San Francisco for United Feature Syndicate, 1969.

LARGE LUNAR NEAR SIDE CHART, SIGNED BY 20TH CENTURY SURFACE EXPLORERS LANDING DATE AND SITE NAME INSCRIPTIONS BY A MEMBER OF EVERY APOLLO LUNAR LANDING CREW Lunar Planning Chart (LOC - 2).

MICHAEL COLLINS' FLOWN CREW-SIGNED APOLLO 11 EMBLEM ONE OF THE VERY FEW FLOWN NEIL ARMSTRONG SIGNED MISSION ARTIFACTS A FLOWN Apollo 11 Beta cloth crew emblem, 3 ½ inches in diameter,

FLOWN APOLLO 11 NAVIGATIONAL CHART TAKEN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE MAPPING THE START OF THE FIRST MANNED LUNAR DESCENT

FLOWN APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN SHEET—MISSION DAY ONE SOME OF THE FIRST WORDS AND DATA VALUES WRITTEN BY NEIL ARMSTRONG IN THE FLIGHT PLAN FLOWN Apollo 11 Flight Plan, pp 3-9/3-9a, a single sheet printed recto and verso.

FLOWN APOLLO 11 CHECKLIST SHEET TAKEN TO THE LUNAR SURFACE ILLUSTRATES THE FINAL CONFIGURATION FOR EAGLE'S CIRCUIT BREAKERS PRIOR TO THE LUNAR LANDING - PLUS ALDRIN DESCRIBES HOW A BROKEN BREAKER COULD HAVE STRANDED ARMSTRONG AND HIM ON THE MOON FLOWN Apollo 11 LM Activation Checklist,

FLOWN APOLLO 11 CHECKLIST SHEET FOR A LUNAR SURFACE ABORT LIST THE STEPS FOR AN EMERGENCY LIFT-OFF OF EAGLE FROM THE MOON FLOWN Apollo 11 LM Lunar Surface Checklist, page SUR-65/SUR-66,

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

ALDRIN'S APOLLO 11 CREW SIGNED POSTAL COVER LIFE INSURANCE FOR THE FAMILIES An Apollo 11 Life Insurance Cover measuring approximately 4 x 6 inches with a cachet featuring two astronauts exploring the lunar surface.

ARMSTRONG USED LAUNCH CHECK LIST TRAINING SHEET—BOOST PHASE THE COUNTDOWN TO LAUNCH AND A FLIGHT TO THE MOON Apollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist,

LAUNCH EMERGENCY CHECKLIST SHEET—FIRE DANGERS CREW PROCEDURES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE FATAL APOLLO 1 FIRE Apollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist, page 5-3 / 5-4,

APOLLO 11 CREW SIGNED INSURANCE COVER RARE INSURANCE COVER COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE TYPE 2 Apollo 11 Life Insurance Cover measuring approximately 4 x 6 inches.

APOLLO 11 AT TRANQUILLITY BASE, JULY 20 - 21, 1969 ALDRIN INSCRIBES AND SIGNS HISTORY'S BEST KNOWN LUNAR PHOTOGRAPH Large color photograph, 16 x 20 inches.

THE BEGINNING OF MAN'S EPIC JOURNEY TO THE MOON - JULY 16, 1969 Color photograph, 10 x 8 inches.

COLUMBIA AND EAGLE SEPARATE THE BEGINNING OF MAN'S FIRST LUNAR LANDING Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches with red NASA identification number at upper left.

ALDRIN WITH THE STARS AND STRIPES Color photolithograph, 8 x 10 inches with NASA descriptive text along the lower border and on verso.

ALDRIN WITH LUNAR EXPERIMENTS Color photolithograph, 8 x 10 inches, with NASA descriptive text along the lower border and on verso.

EAGLE'S RETURN TO LUNAR ORBIT Color photograph, 8 x 10 inches with red NASA identification number at upper left.

EAGLE ON BETA CLOTH An Apollo 11 Beta cloth emblem, 3 ½ inches in diameter,

APOLLO 11 CREW—SIGNED BY ARMSTRONG, ALDRIN & COLLINS

BUZZ ALDRIN'S FIRST STEP ON THE MOON—SIGNED BY NEIL ARMSTRONG

APOLLO 11—SIGNED BY ALDRIN "ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN ON THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY"

WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND BUZZ ALDRIN AFTER HE STEPS ONTO THE MOON

APOLLO 11 SEQUENCE PHOTOGRAPHY Collection of 4 16mm reels, each 7 inch diameter,

APOLLO 11 LUNAR SAMPLE PHOTOGRAPHS Group of 87 color or silver gelatin print photographs on 45 sheets, approximately 8 x 10 inches, [Houston, 1969-70],

APOLLO 11 TECHNICAL MANUAL Apollo Guidance, Navigation, and Control. Guidance System Operations Plan for Manned LM Earth Orbital and Lunar Landing Missions Using Program Luminary. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, April, 1969.

APOLLO 11 SATURN V FLIGHT MANUAL, SIGNED BY COLLINS Saturn V Flight Manual. SA 506. MSFC-MAN-506. [Huntsville, Alabama]: NASA/MSFC, February 25, 1969; changed June 10, 1969.

APOLLO 11 LUNAR ORBIT CHART, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY 6 MOONWALKERS, ONE FOR EACH MOON LANDING Apollo Lunar Orbit Chart (ALO), Apollo Mission 11, 1st and 30th Revolutions, 16 July 1969 Launch Date. 20 June, 1969. First Edition. 12 x 40¾ inches.

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