Apr 02, 2005 - Sale 2037

Sale 2037 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 805
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Gordon Cooper's blueprints of the Mercury Spacecraft and Escape Tower. Two sheets, the first illustrates center of gravity points of the spacecraft with a graph that plots the projected path of the separation distance between the escape tower and spacecraft. The graph is based on altitude and down range distances during the launch profile. The second sheet has a more refined plot of the projected paths from sheet 1. Each approximately 11x17 inches with one fold. McDonnell Aircraft Corp., 1959

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Each sheet is inscribed and signed: "From my notebook, Gordon Cooper, Faith 7."