Mar 18, 2006 - Sale 2073

Sale 2073 - Lot 130

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 1,800
Apollo 11 Final Flight Plan. Issued to and used by a Mission Control team member during the historic July 1969 flight. Divided into 6 sections including a detailed timeline identical to one used by the Apollo 11 crew. Other sections include a general overview, crew maneuver form descriptions, detailed test objectives, and a consumable list. 8x10.5 inches and over 290 pages, loose leaf. NASA/MSC, 1 July 1969

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Mission updates and corrections were logged by the team member, mostly in pencil. This flight plan provides insights to the real time events that occurred throughout the eight day flight. Signed on the cover by Buzz Aldrin and signed and inscribed on page 3-80, the time Aldrin was scheduled to descend to the surface with: "Magnificent Desolation, Buzz Aldrin." These were Aldrin's first words after stepping onto the lunar surface.