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Lot 385
GT-11, 1965, FLOWN "Procedures" Book/Checklist (5.5x8", 150+ pages, 2-ring with card covers and three white velcro strips on front and back). "The Gemini XI Flight Plan told the crew WHAT to do and WHEN to do it. THIS GT XI Procedures Book (#CF55019-19, S/N 1) told the crew HOW to do it". This quote is direct from the Dick Gordon certificate of authenticity included with this lot.
The book is EXTENSIVELY notated by hand on numerous experiment log sheets. All procedures are indexed with topical tags throughout (slightly stick from age). Of unusual interest is a fold-out color map located in the book after experiment D-15. The map indicates Ground Tracks from Revs 34-35 of the flight. Areas to be recorded by the TV are indicated by handmarked by "hash" marks and notations (This map alone is worth the price of admission).
"The last page in the book references a "STRANGER" which the crew observed at "27+43+17" ground elapsed time as a "tumbling/end over end" object (A "stranger" is like a UFO as seen from space). This "stranger" was photographed and later became an object for the UFologists. It later became an IFO (Identified Flying Object) when Id-ed as an early Russian Proton booster."
This book is a first-person view of a part of the mission and it goes a long way towards giving the buyer a front row seat to the mission along with the astronauts. The pages all flew and the notations are meaningful. The map is the frosting on the cake. If you wish to own a piece of the historic record of American space flight, this checklist is for you. If not, it will be an opportunity lost and one you will undoubtedly regret.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 35,000.
Ex. the astronaut Richard "Dick" Gordon collection.
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