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FLOWN APOLLO 11 KAPTON FOIL.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$687.50 inc. premium

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FLOWN APOLLO 11 KAPTON FOIL.

FLOWN ON COLUMBIA, segment of Kapton gold foil, approximately 1 inch square (25 x 25 mm), mounted in clear acrylic with mirrored front panel bearing an outline drawing of the Command Module, with explanatory caption saying "The affixed ... Kapton gold foil is an actual piece of the Apollo 11's Command Module ... part of a thermal protection subsystem that was recovered from the Command Module after splashdown."
Provenance: W.R. Whyskey, retired NASA employee (photocopy of signed statement).

Kapton polymer film was developed by DuPont in the 1960s, and has been used in printed circuits as well as insulation for satellites and spacecraft. It remains stable under an extremely wide range of temperature conditions, and was used on the Lunar Modules and Command Modules on the Apollo lunar missions.

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