Lot 198
Lunar Mission Modular Data Manual [Signed: Michael Collins]
Sale 1099 - Ancient Art & Natural History: A Cabinet of Curiosities
Nov 10, 2022
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Lot Description
Lunar Mission Modular Data Manual [Signed: Michael Collins]
Grumman, October 1966
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from a West Hollywood Collection
Provenance:
Michael Collins (1930–2021), NASA astronaut on Apollo 11 mission.
Gifted by Collins to Private Collection, New York in 1960s; thence by decent to the present owner.
Michael Collins was an astronaut whose most prominent mission was flying the Apollo 11 command module, the same mission that brought Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon. This manual is a submission from Grunnman to NASA for a lunar module. Grunnman eventually built the Apollo 11 lunar module that crewed mankind's first lunar landing on July 21st, 1969, and their safe return to Earth.
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