$6,400
A set of the original NASA Apollo 11 flight plans used by Colin Cantwell in working with NASA, CBS, and Walter Cronkite on the historic moon landing broadcast. From the Collection of Cantwell, who worked for NASA as a public information liaison and was positioned behind Cronkite in the CBS studio and provided real-time flight information to Cronkite while CBS broadcast the Apollo 11 moon landing on live television in July 1969. Volume 1 is titled "APOLLO II FLIGHT PLAN" and Volume 2 is titled "APOLLO II SPACECRAFT OPERATIONAL TRAJECTORY." Volume 1 is titled on the inside cover “PRELIMINARY APOLLO 11 FLIGHT PLAN, AS-506/CSM-107/LM-5, APRIL 15, 1969.” The heading reads “National Aeronautics And Space Administration.” The footing reads “PREPARED BY FLIGHT PLANNING BRANCH, FLIGHT CREW SUPPORT DIVISION, MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON TEXAS." Volume 1 is in a three-ring binder with a number of tabbed sections, including “ABBR,” “UPDATE FORMS,” “FLIGHT PLAN,” "CSM/LM 94:00 GET,” “LM JETT 128:00 GET,” “DTO,” “CONSUMABLES,” “SUMMARY FLIGHT PLAN,” “SUMMARY OP1-1 FLIGHT PLAN,” and “OPT-1 SUMMARY FLIGHT PLAN.” It is hundreds of pages of technical diagrams, specifications, and other scientific and detailed information. Volume 2 is titled on the inside cover “SPACECRAFT OPERATIONAL TRAJECTORY FOR MISSION G, VOLUME I, OPERATIONAL MISSION PROFILE, LAUNCHED JULY 16, 1969.” The heading reads “National Aeronautics And Space Administration, MSC Internal Note No. 69-FM-98, May 16, 1969.”
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2014-12-05
