Lot 399
Apollo Program, c1960, NASA-JSC "ARC-JET Facility Heatshield" Specimen (4x2x1.25", marked #39)) This unofficial lucite block (5x2x3") is hand-engraved: "Jim Parker / Arc-Jet Facility, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center / Houston, Texas" on one side. Another side has a paper label (attached by tape) that reads: "(39) MSC 1 MW ARC JET Facility / Run #377 / Enthalpy - 3500 Btu/lb / Heating Rate - 96 Btu / ft2 sec / Pressure - 1 atm / Test Gas - 100% Ar / Test Time - 60.3 sec / Material - Avcoat 5026-39 HCG". The enclosed specimen of heat shield does not appear to be charred, but was obviously of some importance to have been preserved for posterity.
The facility was used for, among other things, Apollo heat shield testing in the early days of the Apollo program. A fascinating piece of memorabilia.
Estimated Value $350 - 500.
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