Lot 95
Apollo 11 - FLOWN, Gold Foil. Typed Letter Signed, "Buzz Aldrin", as Lunar Module Pilot - Apollo 11, 1p, 11x8½ in., explaining that "a thin layer of material known as Kapton Foil…was attached to the outside skin of the Columbia [the command module that carried Aldrin and Armstrong to the Moon]…most of it burned off the ship during our fiery 25,000 mph re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on July 24, 1969…a small portion of it survived; salvaged by the North American Rockwell Recovery Team on board the aircraft carrier Hornet…."
Estimated Value $200 - 300.
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| Realized $242 |
