Mar 31, 2007 - Sale 2109

Sale 2109 - Lot 99

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000
FLOWN Apollo X Cloth Patch. A shield-shaped 4-inch crew patch showing a large Roman numeral "X" with a CSM and LM ascent stage flying above the lunar surface. Mounted on a Typed Letter Signed by Thomas Stafford. NASA/MSC, 1969

Additional Details

The letter reads in part: "The patch flew to within 50,000 feet of the lunar surface in our Lunar Module named 'Snoopy.' I commanded the first flight of the Lunar Module to the Moon where my crew successfully demonstrated techniques need to accomplish the first lunar landing mission of July 1969."