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Topic: Apollo 11 artifacts in private space collections
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SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4885
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-17-2014 08:32 PM
   
A very good sized cable harness assembly (as an example)... |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 721
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 07-17-2014 09:18 PM
Apollo 11 astronauts took a cover and a postmark to the moon. Due to lack of time Neil Armstrong postmarked the envelope at CM at the beginning of the flight back to Earth on July 22, 1969. This moon letter is now on display along with the stamp and the ink pad in the Postal Museum in Washington, DC. Prior Armstrong put it three times on a flight plan. Each of the three astronauts received a trial piece. This is Buzz Aldrin's one. This piece of paper is the only postmark done at the moon in a private collection except of Mike Collins' one.  |
holcombeyates
Member Posts: 283
From: UK
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 07-18-2014 08:43 AM
A (1x1.25") full heat shield plug with metal base, mounted in a clear lucite cylinder (3x2.5") on a 6" by 4" wooden plaque titled 'Apollo 11' with Mission Dates - ex the Deke Slayton Collection.
Can anyone please provide some history on how, where from (exactly) and the number of these plugs that were taken from the Command Module. A 1" by 1.25" plug is about as big as I have seen. It is unusual as it has a metal thread at one end. The charred end is clearly uneven and worn (as an example, an Apollo 10 example is smaller in cross section and clean cut on its charred face). |
NAAmodel#240
Member Posts: 346
From: Boston, Mass.
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 07-18-2014 03:53 PM
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Originally posted by cosmos-walter:
Due to lack of time Neil Armstrong postmarked the envelope at CM at the beginning of the flight back to Earth on July 22, 1969.
With all due respect to my friend Walter I think it was Aldrin that cancelled the envelope for the Post Office and made the three "test strikes" on the flight plan. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 721
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 07-19-2014 06:01 AM
David, we should consider the different personality of both Apollo 11 moon-walkers when weighing following facts: - Buzz Aldrin sold his trial cancellation without mentioning that he himself postmarked it.
- Apollo 15 commander David Scott postmarked the letter on the lunar surface. Neil Armstrong was Apollo 11 commander.
- Dave Scott's cancellation on the moon is not very clear. The Apollo 11 astronaut who postmarked the official cover did a great job. The cancellation is perfect as the trial cancellations given to Aldrin and Collins are.
- In 1970 Neil Armstrong wrote in a letter: "In answer to your question, the moon stamp was canceled on the first day of the journey back to earth. The cancellation was completed simultaneously by all three crew members. The stamp has been returned to the Postmaster General for his disposition. The die was carried to the surface of the moon aboard the Eagle."
By the side: I am aware Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins got one trial cancellation each. It is not clear, whether Neil did one for himself at all. |
bunnkwio
Member Posts: 114
From: Naperville, IL USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 07-31-2014 09:33 PM
I already had the Jerry Czubinski Apollo 11 presentation of kapton foil, but today I received my latest piece (and my greatest piece), a Richard Underwood lunar surface film presentation! I still cannot believe I have something that was on the surface of the moon and used by Armstrong and/or Aldrin.However, and this is splitting hairs here... I can't help but notice that on the 8.5 by 11 presentations, Underwood specifically mentions that the film was from Magazine S, where "107 pictures were taken on the surface." This presentation only mentions that it was taken to the surface. Is it safe to assume this film was not from Magazine S? |
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