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From the personal collection of Apollo 14 LMP Edgar Mitchell—a rare flown piece of heat shield from the CSM-017, the spacecraft for the Apollo 4 mission, which launched from Cape Kennedy LC-39A on November 9, 1967, and splashed down eight and a half hours later in the North Pacific Ocean, measuring 4.5˝ x 1˝ x 2˝ and encased in a slightly larger rectangular Lucite display with a descriptive plate: "Souvenir Specimen from Apollo 4 Big Shot, Spacecraft 017, C/M Aft Heatshield." In fine condition.
Apollo 4 (also known as AS-501) was the first uncrewed test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the type used by the U.S. Apollo program to send the first astronauts to the Moon. The mission used a Block I Command and Service Module (CSM) modified to test several key Block II revisions, including its heat shield at simulated lunar-return velocity and angle. A decidedly rare and early piece of flown Apollo hardware, originating from the collection of a moonwalker.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Karlyn Mitchell, the daughter of Edgar Mitchell.
