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Seven-foot-long original AP teletype covering the Apollo 11 moon landing, signed by Buzz Aldrin
386. Buzz Aldrin. Rare original Associated Press teletype roll regarding the Apollo 11 lunar landing, one page, 8.5 x 82,
signed in black felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, ‘Magnificent Desolation.’” The teletype is headed, “URGENT, News Directors (Bureaus) the Houston Broadcast Center is taking over the main wire for moon-walk coverage. Bureaus should not break the circuit,” with the bulletin continuing, in part: “The moon astronauts have started to de-pressurize their lunar lander cabin. They are venting the oxygen from the small cabin into the near vacuum of the lunar atmosphere…Cabin de-pressurization aboard the lunar module has been completed and astronaut Neil Armstrong is about to open the hatch…After the oxygen was vented from the cabin, Aldrin said: ‘Let me see if it will open now.’ Armstrong was to be the first to emerge from the lander…A near-vacuum prevails on the lunar surface. At precisely 10:39 P.M., the astronauts said the ‘hatch is coming open.’ Armstrong will back out of the cabin and find his footing on the nine-step ladder…Apollo Commander Neil Armstrong has started down the ladder of the L-M and a picture flashed from the moon at 10:53 P.M. (EDT)…Flash, Armstrong steps onto the moon…So far, Armstrong said, he was finding no trouble in walking around…After saying ‘One small step,’ Armstrong added the words: ‘one giant leap for mankind.’” Starting Bid $200
387. Neil Armstrong Signed Lithograph. Limited edition 15.75 x 24.5 lithograph of Neil Armstrong in his flight suit prior to the Apollo 11 mission, numbered 680/1000, signed in pencil by history’s first moonwalker. Also signed in pencil by the artist, Paul Calle, beneath his preprinted signature. Attractively double-matted and framed with a typed caption to an overall size of 22.25 x 34.25. In very fine condition. This handsome, highly desirable item is the only individual print edition that Armstrong signed and remains among the most sought-after of all NASArelated lithographs. Starting Bid $300
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September 15, 2021 | MILITARY
