Lot 538
Gemini 11, 1966, FLOWN Complete Flight Plan (8.5x11") This three-ring looseleaf flight plan has card covers (two white velcro strips on both the front and back covers) and includes 23 extensively notated, double sided pages. EACH cover and EACH page has been signed "Flown on Gemini XI / Richard Gordon, Pilot".
We were hoping to see notations in the flight plan by the consignor regarding his two spacewalks and/or the docking manoevers with Agena and/or the tether experiment, but most of the comments seem related to cameras, crew reports and other operational matters. There is one great cartoon printed into the Plan showing Dick in the open hatch of the capsule after having ejected various "unneeded" pieces of equipment (such as the control panel, a seat, a manoevering unit, a bag of trash, etc.). The caption reads: "Hey Pete, Are you Sure we don't need any of this?".
This Plan is an important piece of American space history and a valuable historical document. This flight was important in that NASA proved the feasability of docking right after achieving orbit (critical for the LM redocking with the Command Module on Apollo 11) and for the consignor's two space walks.
Minor aging but, given its history, long travels and almost 45 years uf age, this plan is in excellent condition.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 25,000.
Ex. The astronaut Richard "Dick" Gordon collection.
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