Apr 12, 2003 - Sale 1967

Sale 1967 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 978
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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
Gordon Cooper's Press Reference Book, Gemini Spacecraft Number 5. Illustrated with fold-out diagrams and photos covering structural layout of the Gemini spacecraft, spacecraft fabrication, communications and tracking systems, environmental control, propulsion systems, electrical systems, and the Gemini mission simulator. Additional sections cover the time reference system (spacecraft clock), instrumentation and recording, and the crew ejection system. 4to, prong binding. McDonnell Aircraft Corp., revised 1 July 1965.
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With Typed Letter Signed by Cooper on his personal letterhead stating that this document is from his collection.
Spacecraft number 5 for was used for the GT-5 "Eight days or bust" flight of Cooper and Conrad.
Inscribed with mission titles and signed by Gordon Cooper, Richard Gordon, Wally Schirra, and Tom Stafford on the contents page.