Lot 1029
1961 MR-3 flight used umbilical cable. Section of umbilical cable from MR-3 launch, 2" diameter and roughly ½" thick. Cable piece part of 65 foot long cable boom that supplied pre-launch electrical power & communications to spacecraft and was ejected 30 sec prior to lift-off. This segment is from the collection of Mercury project engineer, H.H. "Luge" Luetjen and has not been offered publically since 1994. Includes empty display box and directions for displaying cable segment in box.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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| Realized $720 |
