Lot 524
APPROACH & LANDING TEST, 1978, FLOWN UNITED STATES FLAG (6x9") This flag is attached to a multicolor NASA presentation sheet (11x14") that reads, in part: "This flag was flown aboard the Orbiter 101 during the Approach and Landing Tests." The astronaut autographs are printed (Haise, Fullerton, Engle and Truly) but the signature from NASA Headquarters and the date are hand-signed. Unusual thus. The Approach & Landing Tests (ALT) were the forerunner tests for the Shuttle Program to test the flight worthiness of the Shuttle. The certificate is slightly toned from having been on display, but this flown flag is seldom available.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
Ex. the NASA Administrator Jerry Hammack Estate collection.
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