Lot 386
GT-11, 1966, FLOWN Capsule ID Plate (4x1.5") mounted on a wooden base (10x8.5") with wooden capsule (4x2") replica and with a metal St. Louis Arch (7.5x7.25") across the top. The ID plate is engraved: "Gemini Spacecraft No. 11 / Part No 52-00001-11 / Cmd. Pilot Charles Conrad, Jr. / Pilot LCDR. Richard F. Gordon, Jr. ' Mission date 12 Sept. 66-15 Sept. 66 / Mfg. by McDonnell Aircraft Corp. / for the National Aeronautics / Space Space Administration". In addition, there is an additional descriptive plate on the base that reads: "Identification plate removed from Gemini 11 after the first one-orbit rendezvous and 850 mi. altitude record". Pristine condition and an extremely important piece of historic space memorabilia.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 5,000.
Ex. the astronaut Richard "Dick" Gordon collection.
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