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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 46573 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-22-2009 12:26 PM Do you own a piece of Apollo 11? Let's hear from collectors who own intact equipment and artifacts from the Apollo 11 mission. These pieces can include crew support items, personal preference kit items and even food. Ground support and training equipment, if clearly connected specifically to the flight of Apollo 11 would also be of interest. If what you own are fragments — kapton or heat shield, for example — let's also hear from you, as it would be good to get an idea of the amount of material that exists, as well as how it has been presented and where it now resides around the world.
Matt T Member Posts: 1370 From: Chester, Cheshire, UK Registered: May 2001	posted 03-23-2009 04:09 AM A small piece of film header carried on the lunar surface, attached to an early Underwood certificate and a Spaceflori/Slezak dust-tape fragment.
liebeek Member Posts: 247 From: the netherlands Registered: Jan 2008	posted 03-23-2009 12:04 PM I have a tiny piece of flown kapton foil from the CM in one of Jerry Czubinski's displays.
nasamad Member Posts: 2181 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001	posted 03-23-2009 12:33 PM Just a fragment (of a fragment!) I know, but I have one of Historic Space's Apollo 11 Coldplate acrylics.
Lunar rock nut Member Posts: 916 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007	posted 03-24-2009 08:21 AM I also have a Jerry Czubinski Apollo 11 kapton acrylic.
mercsim Member Posts: 239 From: Phoenix, AZ Registered: Feb 2007	posted 03-24-2009 11:21 AM I have an interesting item that warrants a story. My father-in-law recently passed his 40 year service anniversary at Kennedy Space Center. He is a technician/engineer and works on some of the GSE these days. As the pads are being refurbished and modified, there has been discussion about the loose bricks from the flame trench. Apparently for asbestos or some other safety concerns, the bricks are not or may not become available. I think Robert actually wrote an article about this. He heard of a co-worker that knew something so he sought him out. It turns out that the co-worker was part of the crew tasked with disposing of some of the bricks that came loose after the first Shuttle launches over 25 years ago. They were disposing of them and the co-worker wanted a new patio at home. So he took enough of them (with his bosses permission) to lay his patio. My father-in-law told him all about me and my hobbies and nearly begged him for one of the bricks. He offered to pay whatever it would cost to get me one of them. The co-worker said he didn't think he used all of them and would look for some leftovers. It turned out he had a few left in the bottom of a closet that were not used in the patio. They had sat in the closet for 25 years! We visited at Christmas this year and the coolest gift I have ever received was a brick! The lady at the Fed-Ex store laughed when I wanted to ship a brick home and insure it! I don't have any official paperwork or real proof of what it appears to be but I know what it is and where it came from. As my father-in-law said, "this was the last thing Apollo 11 'kissed' when it left Earth".
stsmithva Member Posts: 2012 From: Fairfax, VA Registered: Feb 2007	posted 03-24-2009 05:07 PM Scorched by the flame of historic launches, and with the sentimental value of having come to you thanks to effort by your father. Wonderful!
Joel Katzowitz Member Posts: 836 From: Marietta GA USA Registered: Dec 1999	posted 03-24-2009 08:33 PM I have a Historic Space coldplate acrylic, a few sizable pieces of Kapton, and several "hatchplugs". All with documentation.
music_space Member Posts: 1186 From: Canada Registered: Jul 2001	posted 03-25-2009 12:02 AM I have an Underwood kapton presentation.
drifting to the right Member Posts: 133 From: Registered: Aug 2006	posted 03-25-2009 11:03 AM Flown: Kapton foil (Slezak certificate) Cold plate acrylic (Historic Space) 2" by 1.25" threaded heat shield plug in lucite (inscribed #9 on endplate) Small U.S. flag on NASA certificate (Aldrin-signed) Robbins medallion no. 187 (ex. W. Cunningham) LM-flown, LM Activation Checklist page, annotated (pp.37-38) LM-flown Lunar Descent Chart section, 52E-49.5E (S.of Fertil., Taruntius craters) Ancillary: Launch invitation/letter (Ted Freeman's wife) Mission Control ID badge (Alan Glines) Flight Plan, final version Mission Control Lunar Descent Chart (Gene Kranz) LRL moon rock container, Apollo 11-12
set Member Posts: 45 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Oct 2007	posted 03-25-2009 01:15 PM Flown Robbins medal #130 (ex. Thomas Stafford) and kapton foil "hockey puck" (ex. James McDivitt).
Madon_space Member Posts: 680 From: uk Registered: Sep 2002	posted 03-25-2009 05:51 PM I too have the Apollo 11 kapton foil acrylic from Jerry Czubinski.
Podge Member Posts: 78 From: UK Registered: Jul 2008	posted 03-28-2009 07:21 AM Flown Flight Plan p3-37 & p3-38 Flown Flight Plan p3-4a Lunar Surface p30 LM maneuver card from LM G&N Dictionary Flown Star chart Two small pieces of Flown Mylar from Columbia (Loose/unmounted)
cponcehdz Member Posts: 28 From: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Registered: Feb 2004	posted 04-02-2009 04:20 PM I have the Historic Space Coldplate Acrylic.
atlas5guy Member Posts: 33 From: Registered: Jun 2007	posted 04-08-2009 11:28 PM Just recently I purchased an Apollo 11 kapton from Spaceflori. I also have a nifty Grumman pamphlet that featured color cutaways of the Lunar Module on clear plastic sheets still resides in my Apollo 11 file. I was 12 years old at the time of Apollo 11 and I still remember the days of the mission as if they were yesterday.
MadSci Member Posts: 242 From: Maryland, USA Registered: Oct 2008	posted 04-17-2009 02:50 AM My six little treasures from Apollo 11: Columbia Kapton foil Columbia Heatshield fragment Moondust from Tranquility Base WSS Autographs of all three Crewmembers All on diplay around the house - my Wife knew who she was marrying! (bless her!) Feel free to stop by and enjoy pictures of these items and others from my collection.
spaceman1953 Member Posts: 953 From: South Bend, IN Registered: Apr 2002	posted 05-01-2009 07:12 PM quote: Originally posted by mercsim: As my Father-in-law said, "this was the last thing Apollo 11 'kissed' when it left Earth". GREAT brick! I am a "brick" collector. Yeah, some people save EVERYTHING! Well, me and my friend recovered a couple of bricks from the base of the South Bend Water Tower many years ago, and his wife made us "brick covers" for our treasures. The brick covers are a little "plastic canvas" box that she did the "sewing" with yarn to make the covers, then connected them into a little box. Since it was yarn, she could weave into the sides, wording to tell what was in the little boxes, etc. You might check with a local craft store (or online) for little plastic canvas boxes, for directions on how to do this, and someone you know who is familiar with plastic canvas could craft some box of appropriate size for your brick!
iws Member Posts: 15 From: UK Registered: Feb 2009	posted 05-25-2009 02:35 PM I have one of the SpaceFlori Apollo 11 lunar dust samples as well as one of the SpaceFlori Apollo 15 dust samples.
413 is in Member Posts: 650 From: Alexandria, VA USA Registered: May 2006	posted 06-20-2009 02:58 PM Some Apollo 11 artifacts from my collection: Flown flight plan page 3-52a (Landmark Tracking - program P22). Collins performed this first landmark tracking activity from the CM starting at hour 82 in the mission (several hours after lunar orbit insertion). At this point in the mission Armstrong and Aldrin were in the LM performing preliminary systems checkout procedures. For the first time during the mission both CDR and LMP were able to make visual observations of their planned landing site in the Sea of Tranquility. Collins describes this Landmark Tracking activity in his book Carrying the Fire. Ex. The Buzz Aldrin Collection. First Man's first photo. Original NASA security ID photo of Armstrong taken shortly after selection of the "new nine" in 1962. Wernher von Braun's Saturn Operations KSC facility badge. Deke Slayton's Apollo 11 MOCR badge. Slayton was one of only a handful of people to speak to the crew while they were on the lunar surface. He wore this badge while in the MCC during this and other times. Apollo EECOM Sy Liebergot's Apollo 11 MOCR badge. Liebergot was a member of Glynn Lunney's Ascent Team during the Apollo 11 mission. Additionally, for possible emergency liftoff contingency operations, he was also required to be on hand in the MOCR during lunar landing activities. This badge is pictured in Liebergot's book Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime. Jim McDivitt's Apollo 11 Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) access badge. Charlie Duke's family vehicle permit used for access to the Apollo 11 VIP launch viewing site at KSC.
stsmithva Member Posts: 2012 From: Fairfax, VA Registered: Feb 2007	posted 06-21-2009 06:07 AM quote: Originally posted by 413 is in: First Man's first photo. Original NASA security ID photo of Armstrong taken shortly after selection of the "next nine" in 1962. My gosh, all of the ones you listed are impressive, but that one is amazing. That is Armstrong's actual photo ID? I know there are some ID collectors out there even more amazed than I am, but I can't think of another item I've seen that could be described as "From the Neil Armstrong collection." I mean, you didn't describe it as such, but it seems like the kind of thing that was owned and used specifically by Armstrong and then his to do with as he wished. Many other astronauts have put such items on the market, but am I correct in thinking that he either donated to museums or continues to hold on to such items of his? (I know he's donating his papers to Purdue.)
413 is in Member Posts: 650 From: Alexandria, VA USA Registered: May 2006	posted 06-21-2009 07:53 AM Sorry to disappoint but the Armstrong piece is definitely not "From the Neil Armstrong Collection." As described it is an original NASA security ID photo. It is not Armstrong's ID badge but a photo that was shot (circa late 1962) intended to be used for his original badge after being selected as an astronaut. It was probably rejected for use due to the darkness of the photo. My description of "First Man's first photo" was a bit tongue-in-cheek. More specifically it is the first (or one of the first) attempted security ID photos of the First Man. Still historically significant, I think, particularly for ID collectors as you state. Perhaps a better description would've been "The Dark Side of the Moon Man".
ilbasso Member Posts: 1527 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006	posted 06-21-2009 03:12 PM (Drools on the keyboard while looking at Bill's badges...) There certainly are some wonderful items out there! Here are a couple of my goodies: Official invitation to attend the launch and official guest badge: Translunar/Transearth Trajectory Plotting Chart: Apollo 11 descent monitoring chart:
ilbasso Member Posts: 1527 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006	posted 06-21-2009 03:23 PM Operations Management Room access badge (this particular badge was illustrated in Russ Still's "Relics of the Space Race"): Operations Control (Goddard Spaceflight Center) badge: Lunar surface flown film fragment that Florian was selling last year:
413 is in Member Posts: 650 From: Alexandria, VA USA Registered: May 2006	posted 07-05-2009 06:42 PM Dateline July 20, 1969. Armstrong walks on the moon and this is how everyday people captured the moment back on the home planet. There was no Betamax, VHS, or DVR in those days. There were no PC’s and no Internet. The first graphical browser would not be developed for another quarter of a century. A Polaroid camera and a television screen were the main ingredients needed to capture, in time, the glory that was Apollo. I was 10 years old when Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins made their historic voyage to the moon. During the EVA my father took one quick snapshot of the television screen as the rest our family sat riveted to the TV in silence while watching the live broadcast for the duration of the moonwalk. Our house burned in 1972 and we lost many of our family photos at that time, including the Apollo 11 snapshot. Several years ago I was fortunate enough to track down this similar vintage photo on eBay from a seller in California. On the back of the photo it states quite simply “July 20, 1969 - first man on the moon - about 9:45 p.m. PDT”. It is probably my favorite piece of memorabilia associated with the flight of Apollo 11 as this always brings back the memories of that day.
skye12 Member Posts: 49 From: Austin, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2001	posted 08-01-2009 09:48 AM I also have one of the Historic Space coldplate acrylics. And have always lusted for a flown Robbins medallion.
Michael Davis Member Posts: 542 From: Houston, Texas Registered: Aug 2002	posted 08-01-2009 10:05 AM I have a flown U.S. flag with Aldrin's signature on a NASA certificate.
MadSci Member Posts: 242 From: Maryland, USA Registered: Oct 2008	posted 09-09-2009 06:19 PM I just added a Havekotte Acrylic (#40 of 50) of Columbia's thermal insulation to the brood. Now up to seven, and counting!
413 is in Member Posts: 650 From: Alexandria, VA USA Registered: May 2006	posted 09-27-2009 11:20 AM Badges (Three Different Ones)
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 2714 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 10-03-2009 12:58 PM Below are photos of a piece of the Apollo 11 LM Kapton shielding that was cut off from the LM prior to completion of the LM into the Saturn V. The person (John Cooper) who obtained it worked for NASA at KSC and was responsible for LM check out. It is not a flown section but was a part of the vehicle at one time.
Charlie16 Member Posts: 536 From: Italy Registered: Dec 2010	posted 07-30-2011 05:47 PM Some small pieces in Italy. I have: Apollo 11 Kapton Foil from CM (Jerry's display) Apollo 11 Lunar Receiving Badge (Ex-coll. Dr. Mason) Apollo 11 Flight Plan Final version (by an employee) Good work!
David Carey Member Posts: 894 From: Registered: Mar 2009	posted 08-29-2011 05:56 PM A small aluminum plaque (and note from consigner, Mitchell Sharpe estate), engraved by Wernher von Braun himself. Too bad it never made it... Saturn Spacelines Unlimited / Good for a successful flight to the Moon in Apollo Eleven aboard the finest booster that can be built / Wernher von Braun / Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
413 is in Member Posts: 650 From: Alexandria, VA USA Registered: May 2006	posted 03-08-2012 01:03 PM Another vintage Polaroid from that day in 1969: I wonder if this model has survived and where it is now.
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4885 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 12-02-2012 02:54 PM This circuit breaker removed post-flight from Columbia...
MadSci Member Posts: 242 From: Maryland, USA Registered: Oct 2008	posted 12-04-2012 02:50 AM quote: Originally posted by SpaceAholic: This circuit breaker removed post-flight from Columbia... Scott - any sign of marks from a felt-tip pen? Amazing as always!
chet Member Posts: 1513 From: Beverly Hills, Calif. Registered: Nov 2000	posted 12-04-2012 03:54 AM Just a note in response to Steve Jurvetson's question from another thread, i.e. hardware flown on Eagle: If I'm not mistaken it was Bonhams, perhaps ten years ago or so, that was auctioning Aldrin's used-on-the-surface (EVA) communications headset. (It went for a bit over $20,000!)
space1 Member Posts: 893 From: Danville, Ohio Registered: Dec 2002	posted 12-04-2012 08:01 AM Chet, the Smithsonian has Aldrin's mission used headset (Snoopy cap), as well as Armstrong's and several other astronauts'. Could the auctioned headset have been something else?
SkyMan1958 Member Posts: 1067 From: CA. Registered: Jan 2011	posted 12-04-2012 10:48 AM For flown items I've got an American flag (ex: Aldrin) and a single (two-sided) sheet of the flight plan; page 3-53/3-54 (hours 82 - 84 in the flight). For unflown items I've got an insurance cover. I've also got the command module safety lock (ex: Wendt). Basically it was a hard lock to stop the astronauts from accidentally flipping a switch and firing the escape rocket. It was used on every Apollo mission, and attached to the CDR's side of the instrument panel. It was the last item removed before closing the hatch for flight, so the last thing all the Apollo CDR's would have done before the hatch was closed would be to detach the lock and hand it through the hatch.
cv1701 Member Posts: 31 From: Registered: Apr 2008	posted 12-04-2012 11:45 AM quote: Originally posted by space1: ...the Smithsonian has Aldrin's mission used headset (Snoopy cap), as well as Armstrong's and several other astronauts'. If I remember correctly, the auctioned headset was this type: I don't believe the astronauts wore their Snoopy caps for the entire time on the surface. The Apollo 11 episode of "From the Earth to the Moon" shows this, assuming they were accurate in their presentation.
chet Member Posts: 1513 From: Beverly Hills, Calif. Registered: Nov 2000	posted 12-04-2012 11:46 AM My mistake. It was 1999, Christies (lot 127) - Aldrin's EVA earpiece assembly (with tubing). quote: Originally posted by cv1701: If I remember correctly, the auctioned headset was this type. I think perhaps the auction to which you're referring was for Charlie Duke's Apollo 11 landing sequence CAPCOM headset(?)
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 4885 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 12-04-2012 06:56 PM Forward heatshield ablator plug set:

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