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Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Certified and Signed by and Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lun...
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Ex. Edgar Mitchell
Apollo 14 Flown Beta Cloth Mission Insignia Certified and Signed
by and Originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar
Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell, with Signed Certificate of
Authenticity. This 9" x 9" mission emblem was flown aboard the
Apollo 14 Command Module Kitty Hawk during its nine-day trip
to the moon and back. Made of fire resistant Beta cloth which was
developed by Dow-Corning as a reaction to the tragic Apollo 1 fire
where the astronauts' nylon spacesuits melted and fused together.
Dr. Mitchell has certified this patch vertically to the right of
the insignia: "This mission patch was Flown to the/ Moon on
Apollo 14"; and to the left: "Edgar Mitchell/ Apollo 14/ 34
lunar orbits/ 67 hours ".Included with this lot is a 2009-dated Certificate of Authenticity on Mitchell's letterhead reading, in full: "This letter certifies that the accompanying beta cloth mission patch inscribed with the words 'This mission patch was flown to the moon on Apollo 14, Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, 34 lunar orbits, 67 hours' was carried in my personal preference kit (PPK) on Apollo 14 from January 31, 1971 to February 9, 1971 during the Apollo 14 mission. Admiral Alan Shepard, Commander, Colonel Stuart Roosa, Command Module Pilot, and myself as Lunar Module Pilot, were sent to explore the Fra Mauro Highlands region of the moon on February 5-6, 1971, as the third landing mission to the moon. Ours was the first Apollo mission devoted primarily to scientific exploration of the moon, rather than tests of the operational flight procedures necessary for successful missions. The total mission time was nine days plus one minute from liftoff at Cape Kennedy to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near Pago Pago. We set up scientific experiments at our landing site, explored nearby Cone Crater, took hundreds of photographs, and returned with 98 pounds of lunar material for examination by scientists on Earth. [signed] Edgar D. Mitchell". From the Family Collection of Jacques Bracke.
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2024 December 6 - 7 Space Exploration Signature® Auction #6304 (go to Auction Home page)
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