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Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Flown EVA II Walking Traverse Map in Custom Wall Display, Directly from the Personal Collection of Cha...
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Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Flown EVA II Walking Traverse Map in Custom Wall Display, Directly from the Personal Collection of Charlie Duke. A 10.5" x 8" B&W lunar surface map used by John Young and Charlie Duke as they explored the Descartes Highlands upon the Lunar Rover. These maps were developed in case the Rover failed and the crew had to find their way back to Orion on foot. Duke has written on the verso in blue felt tip: "This Apollo 16 EVA-II Walking Traverse Map Accompanied/ John W. Young And Me Onto The Lunar Surface During Our/ Three Excursions On The Moon From April 20-23, 1972/ This Map Also Traveled With Us Aboard Our Lunar/ Rover, And Was Directly Exposed To The Moon's/ Environment As A Result/ Charles M. Duke Jr./ Apollo 16 Moonwalker".Included with this lot is a signed, illustrated Letter of Certification from Duke dated January 28, 2003, stating, in part: "During Apollo 16, we drove our Lunar Rover on three occasions while exploring the Descartes Highlands. A set of navigational maps was also carried aboard the Rover, including the accompanying example. This is a 'Walking Traverse Map' that would have been used if our Lunar Rover had failed 'en route', requiring that we navigate back to our Lunar Module on foot. Fortunately, the Rover worked perfectly. THIS MAP endures both as a historic navigational tool actually carried aboard an Apollo Lunar Rover, and a rare example of an astronaut flight-certified artifact returned from the surface of the Moon!"
Both of these items have been elaborately and archivally mounted onto a gorgeous 25" x 15" black lacquer-finish acrylic display with the title: "APOLLO 16 EVA-II WALKING TRAVERSE MAP" and the caption: "This map accompanied the Apollo 16 astronauts, aboard their Lunar Rover, as they explored the Descartes Highlands of the Moon. This Apollo 16 EVA Map is also one of only a handful of maps ever used by Man on the surface of another celestial world. As such, it represents one of the rarest maps in the history of both cartography and human exploration." An outstanding opportunity to obtain not only a lunar surface relic, but one that was exposed to the lunar environment on multiple occasions. Worthy of the finest collections, both private and institutional. Excellent.
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2023 May 19 - 20 Space Exploration Signature® Auction #6273 (go to Auction Home page)
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May, 2023
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