Lot 416
Apollo 6, 1968, "SIDEBURNS EXPERIMENT" Segment (12x.75x.5") This crosscut piece of heatshield was salveged from the "Sideburns Experiment", a test of various ablative materials to determine how effective each was for thermal protection during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. The experiment was flown on Apollo 6, an unmanned flight of the Command/Service Module (No. 20) and Lunar Test Vehicle-2R. This was the second flight of the Saturn V rocket. This piece of heatshield is only the second similar piece (although this is much larger and more illustrative) from this flight we can locate ever having been offered for sale. The previous offering was from the Max Faget collection in the Bonhams 2009 Space sale. Extemely rare and virtually unique.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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| Realized $470 |
