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Four items:
A 9.5 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3″ diameter Apollo 12 mission insignia in the center, signed in black ink, "Richard Gordon, Apollo XII" and "Alan Bean." In fine condition.
A flown .75 x 1 swatch of Kapton foil removed from the thermal protection subsystem of the US ASTP Command Module No. 111. The foil is housed in a small display case affixed to an 8.5 x 11 informational presentation sheet, hand-signed by Ken Havekotte, in part: "The affixed swatch is an actual piece of the U.S. ASTP Command Module #111 which flew 136 orbits around the earth from July 15-24, 1975." In fine condition.
A flown flag honoring the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, 4.75 x 3, carried aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-65 mission, affixed to an 11 x 14 printed presentation certificate presented to John F. McInerny, Jr., reading, in part, "This Apollo 11 25th anniversary flag was flown aboard the Orbiter 'Columbia' STS-65, July 8-23, 1994 in commemoration of America's first Lunar Landing Mission." Sheet bears a preprinted signature. The flag is in fine condition, with creasing to the background sheet.
A flown flag bearing the Shuttle-Mir Program insignia carried aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-91 mission, 6 x 4.25, affixed to an 11 x 14 printed certificate presented to Larry L. Kilbourn, reading, in part, "This flag commemorating the Phase 1 Program was flown to the Mir Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-91, launched June 2, landed June 12, 1998." Sheet bears two preprinted signatures. The flag is in fine condition, with creasing to the background sheet.
