Apr 02, 2005 - Sale 2037

Sale 2037 - Lot 15

Price Realized: $ 2,070
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Gordon Cooper's 1959 Mercury Notebook. A compilation of meeting notes and handouts from several 1959 meetings. Includes an August 1959 multi-page "Astronaut Schedule for Launch Day" report with diagrams, a 3 page "Communications Requirements" handout, a 3 page "Project Mercury Service Engineering Dept. Reports" with a date stamp of 23 Dec 1959, a Mercury launch vehicle weight and balance summary, and a 7 task spacecraft action item list. Approximately 9x11 inches with a prong binding. With ten 8x10 inch photographs of spacecraft construction and training scenes.Vp, 1959
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One of the earliest group of documents from any Mercury Astronaut. Inscribed and signed five times with: "From my notebook, Gordon Cooper, Faith 7" on the first page of each topic group in the notebook.