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Sell or Auction Your Characteristics TRW Lunar Module Descent Engine for up to About $4,000 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions

ByNate D Sanders January 30, 2024January 30, 2024

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FREE VALUATION. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Characteristics TRW Lunar Module Descent Engine that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).

Sell Your Characteristics TRW Lunar Module Descent Engine

Below is a recent realized price for Characteristics TRW Lunar Module Descent Engine reports. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:

Characteristics TRW Lunar Module Descent Engine. Sold for About $4,000.

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NASA Apollo 11 lunar surface operations plan Final The Manned Spacecraft Center — Sold for $21,000.

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Apollo Operations Handbook — Sold for $18,900.

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Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan Signed by Michael Collins, AS-506/CSM-107/LM-5. Houston: NASA/MSC Flight Planning Branch, 1 July 1969

Michael Collins signed final edition, issued before the launch on 16 July 1969 from the Kennedy Space Center, and used by Apollo 11 flight controllers and support personnel, including the 135-page section on flying to the Moon and returning to Earth. Over 320 numbered pages; 8′ x 10.5″ in the original orange card stock covers. Autograph obtained at Spacefest 2019. Sold for $14,954.

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Michael Collins Signed Original Plan for Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Activity

“Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Operations Plan” signed by the late Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut. Original plan from 27 June 1969 is signed by Collins on the cover in blue felt-tip, “Michael Collins / Apollo XI”. Measures 8″ x 10.5″ and runs 184pp., with several fold-out diagrams. Light wear and toning, overall very good condition. Signature obtained at 2019 Spacefest. Sold for $13,650.

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Flown Apollo 9 TPI Appendix Signed by James McDivitt — From McDivitt’s Personal Collection

Apollo 9 flown TPI Appendix, from the personal collection of James McDivitt and signed by him. In green felt-tip, McDivitt signs the front cover, “FLOWN ON APOLLO 9 / Jim McDivitt”. This TPI (Transfer Phase Initiation) Appendix was not used, as all normal procedures operated during the mission, as noted on McDivitt’s accompanying signed COA, which also states, “This TPI Appendix…was flown in Earth orbit aboard Apollo 9, 3-13 March 1969, and is from my personal collection…A handwritten note to Rusty Schweickart with Post-Rendezvous LM Torquing data is taped inside the back cover and signed by Gerry Griffin. I have signed and endorsed the front…[signed] Jim McDivitt”. McDivitt also writes “Not needed! / Used Normal With All Systems, OK.” on front cover. Comprised of 16 sheets plus back cover, measuring approximately 8″ x 10.5″, secured by three rings. Light wear, in very good condition. Sold for $13,125.

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Original Saturn V Flight Manual — Dated 25 June 1971

Original “Saturn V Flight Manual”, prepared for SA 510, the Apollo 15 mission. Published by the Marshall SFC, manual “MSFC-MAN-510″ is dated 25 June 1971, updated from the original 15 August 1969 publication. Report covers all aspect of the rocket that propelled man into space, including specifications, emergency procedures, different ascent stages, and mission control monitoring. Manual runs over 250pp. and measures 8.25″ x 10.75”. Light wear, sunning to spine, and pencil writing on rear cover. Very good condition. Sold for $5,775.

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Michael Collins Signed Copy of the Apollo 11 Flight Plan

Michael Collins signed copy of the Apollo 11 flight plan, signed on the orange cover, “Michael Collins / Apollo XI”. Flight plan is a contemporary copy, and measures 8.5″ x 11″. Near fine condition. Signature obtained at Spacefest 2019. Sold for $5,625.

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Apollo 11 Operations Handbook for the Lunar Module Eagle — The First Report Dated 1 August 1968 With No Subsequent Change Dates Listed

Very rare first edition Apollo 11 Operations Handbook for the Lunar Module 5 Eagle, dated 1 August 1968 with no subsequent change dates listed, no change notice on the title page, and listed as an Original issue. Handbook is Volume I, Subsystems Data, running 846pp, with hundreds of diagrams, fold-out charts, schematics and nearly every aspect of the Eagle’s operation. Published by Grumman Aircraft, and housed in a blue 3-riing System Development Corporation binder measuring 10.5″ x 11.75″. With stamp on title page indicating copy belonged to J.L. Nevins; James L. Nevins was Division Director for Mission Development: Display and Human Factors for the Apollo program under Director D.G. Hoag. Some pages detached from binder, and light wear and toning, overall in very good condition. Sold for $4,600.

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Walt Cunningham Signed Copy of the Apollo 7 Flight Plan — Also With His Handwritten Reflections on the Mission “…Apollo 7 was our first step to the Moon…”

Walt Cunningham signed copy of the Apollo 7 flight plan, with his handwritten reflections on the mission that started the Apollo program. Cunningham writes in black felt-tip on the cover, “Apollo 7 was the most ambitious first flight undertaken. John Glenn’s first Mercury mission had lasted less than five hours and the first Gemini flight did no better. Apollo 7 was to be our second longest space mission ever. Apollo 7 was our first step to the Moon. Walt Cunningham / Apollo 7″. Flight plan is a contemporary copy, and measures 8.5″ x 11”. Near fine condition. Sold for $2,310.

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Fred Haise Signed Apollo 13 Flight Plan — Sold for $2,200.

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Apollo 12 AS-507 Saturn V/Launch vehicle emergency procedure manual Nov. 1969 — Sold for $2,000.

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Apollo 9 “Lunar Module Systems Handbook” for the LM-3 Spider — Containing Dozens of Fold-out Diagrams & Schematics

Comprehensive “Lunar Module Systems Handbook” for the LM-3, the Apollo 9 Lunar Module Spider. Dated 15 March 1968, handbook contains approximately 200 tables, diagrams and schematics, many fold-out. Table of Contents includes:

Introduction / Vehicle Configuration
Structures
Crew Systems
Sequential and Pyrotechnics
Electrical
Environmental Control
Extravehicular Mobility Unit
Communications
Instrumentation
Guidance and Control
Propulsion
Reaction Control
Development Flight Instrumentation

Handbook measures 10.5″ x 11.5″ x 2.75″ thick, in period black binder with cut-out portion on spine showing label, “LM Systems Handbook / LM-3”. Some wear to binder, with writing to inside covers; overall very good condition. Pages appear in very good to near fine condition. Sold for $2,000.

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Buzz Aldrin Signed Apollo 11 Flight Plan

Buzz Aldrin signed Apollo 11 flight plan, signed on the orange cover, “Buzz Aldrin” in black felt-tip. Complete unbound flight plan is a modern copy, and measures 8.5″ x 11″, and almost 1″ wide. Near fine condition. Sold for $1,000.

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FREE VALUATION. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Characteristics TRW Lunar Module Descent Engine that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).

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Do you have a high-value item that you would like to get the maximum price possible? If so, please call us at (310) 440-2982 or use the form below. A representative of Nate D. Sanders Auctions will contact you concerning your items.

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