Apollo XI LM Data Card Book

Sale 1967 - Lot 167

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FLIGHT DOCUMENT CARRIED ON APOLLO 11. SEVERAL PAGES WITH TRACES OF LUNAR DUST. Apollo XI LM Data Card Book. 16 numbered pages on 11 loose leaves. Each leaf approximately 8x10.5 inches, with most pages having pre-printed tab labels. A majority of pages are in a pre-printed column and/or grid format in which Armstrong and Aldrin recorded critical data values to enable spacecraft maneuvers. Most data recorded was for input to the LM flight computer which would start the actual engine burns, fly "Eagle" down to the lunar surface, return them to lunar orbit after landing, and make a rendezvous with CSM "Columbia". Commander Neil Armstrong recorded over 110 data values and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin recording over 180 in the present book. NASA/MSC, June/July 1969

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all data and notes recorded herein were done in real time during the first lunar landing.