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Sale 111
The Manuscript & Collectibles Auction
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Lot 951 |
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Apollo 10, Non-Encapsulated Heatshield Bolt Plug, Personal Property of the Engineer. The Apollo Command Module heatshield used 59 bolts to attach the shield to the spacecraft and a plug was placed in the ablative material to cover and protect the bolts. Each plug was unique with its specific location number engraved on the metal bottom. After a flight, the plugs were removed from the heatshield, then the heatshield itself removed and inspected by engineers and technicians. Frequently these flown plugs were entombed in lucite for premium presentations and awards. From the collection of the engineer, we are offering from the Apollo 10 Mission an un-encapsulated bolt plug complete with its temporary parts removal tag, which identifies the flight and the unique location number (in this case # 10) recorded on tag. Bolt is 2"
Worth noting, the plugs were all the same diameter but varied in length based on the thickness of the ablative material in the region of the command module, with the shortest at 1¼" in length and the longest at 2¾". Plug comes with a brief autographed biography of the engineer on Goldberg Auctions letterhead. Estimate Value $1,200 - UP
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$1,800 |
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Apollo 10: Seven Lunar Orbital Still Transparencies, 70MM Photographic Film, COA by Tom Stafford, Apollo 10 Commander. Aboard the Apollo 10 Command Module, memorably named Charlie Brown, two modified 70mm Hasselblad 500 EL cameras with Zeiss lenses were flown to photograph the moon. Offered are 7 individual original lunar orbital exposures on 5 transparencies of the Earth and moon. One presentation authenticated and signed by Apollo 10 Commander Tom Stafford both exposed black and white film during Apollo 10's lunar orbital photography operations. The other three have five exposures; two of the moon with the Command Module in view, two of the surface and one gorgeous half shadowed image of Earth. Estimate Value $200 - UP
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$138 |
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Apollos 10-12 Post Mission Reports + STS-1 : Early Documents Regarding NASA 's Transition from Apollo To Shuttle Missions. Three mission reports: For Apollo 10 and 11 Reentry Targeting Philosophy and Flight Results (heavily highlighted in yellow marker by the Flight Director), and the Post Mission Report Apollo 12 dated 12/15/1969. Bonus inclusion is the Flight Mission Rule Rationale Document for Apollo 13 dated 2/12/70. Also included is an intriguing collection of the earliest considerations and challenges in bringing the Shuttle Program to the fore front while Apollo Missions were just completed. The earliest and most comprehensive is dated June 4, 1975 Space Shuttle Operations Review for Associate Administrator, OMSF which approaches 100 pages which focuses on the Orbital Test Phases, Flight Operations, Communications, Systems and more. Skip just prior to STS-1 and there are two files Flight Operations Readiness Review and Mission Verification Tests, January, 1981. Estimate Value $400 - UP
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$528 |
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