Lot 46
NASA Memorabilia
The Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection Part II
Auction: 17 August 2011 at 15:00 BST
£400
Description
Shuttle tiles; autographed photograph; Apollo 7 heat shield and associated notes (qty)
Footnote
NASA Memorabilia:
A collection of NASA memorabilia, including: two heat shield tiles, removed from a Space Shuttle, plus related NASA documentation; A framed and signed photograph of Apollo 7 astronaut and lunar module pilot, Walter Cunningham; A small sample of the Apollo 7 capsule's golden heat shield material. The associated hand written note states that this was "found in a USS Essex recovery cover", the Essex being the recovery ship for Apollo 7's crew, after splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean on 22nd October 1968.