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Shuttle Program 156 157 159 158X 160 161X Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 157 1975 TWO APOLLO-SOYUZ SCIENCE REPORTS ............................................................................... PH $150-250 Estimate 160 Two softbound NASA books: ‘Apollo-Soyuz Preliminary Science Report’ (very fine condition) dated Feb 1976 with about 500 pages of charts and information AND ‘Summary Science Report Vol. I,’ dated 1977 with 581 pages (cover scuffs and some waviness in the first 30 pages). Uncommon. 158 1975 APOLLO-SOYUZ RECOVERY COVERS (x3) ............................................................................... PH $150-250 161 – FLOWN – 1980s FLOWN SHUTTLE TILE W/ TWO SAMPLE TILES .................................................................... PH $200-300 1988-98 SPACE SHUTTLE FLOWN FLAGS ....... PH $400-600 Three flags (4x6") flown into space on Space Shuttle and all attached to color certificates (11x14 "). Includes STS-26 (age spotting throughout), STS-65 (Apollo 11 25th flag, excellent condition) and STS-91 (Shuttle-Mir mission, excellent condition). Printed signatures on each. – HARDWARE – 162 SHUTTLE PROGRAM 1986 FLOWN SPACE SHUTTLE MAIN ENGINE TURBOPUMP/APU BOLT .................................... PH $200-300 A 12-point socket head 2" long inconel bolt typically used in the SSME on the turbopump and/or APU, and salvaged at Ransom Road after engine refurbishment, meaning this bolt has flown into space several times. Contained in framed display (9x11"). Three different ASTP covers, includes: Official Beck cachet dated July 24, 1975, San Francisco; Beck designed hand stamp cachet in blue dated Jan 25,1975, aboard Prime Recovery Ship ‘USS New Orleans’; and a third printed blue fleet or navy pictorial cachet with the same ‘USS New Orleans’ hand cancel. A scarce desirable group. Very fine. 159 162X Estimate 1990s SPACE SUIT GLOVE MATERIAL FOR EVA SHARP EDGE TESTING .............................. PH $200-300 Two sections (2x6") of space glove material used to test for resistance to sharp edges – contacts that may occur during an EVA. If a dent or grove appeared during a check, then the offending item was replaced or covered with a protective sealant. Very interesting item. Shuttle tile (6x6x1½”) supposedly flown on Discovery but with no direct verification. RTV present on the bottom and chipped along some edges. Also includes two demo tiles (2½x2½x2"). Saint Louis, Missouri Space 2.pmd Aviation & Space Memorabilia 37 Page 37 11/27/2013, 3:04 PM