Apollo 9 Flown Lunar Module “Spider” Kapton Foil Photo Presentation
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APOLLOSPACE is pleased to offer a limited-edition collection (of 50) Apollo 9 Photo Presentations which have been affixed with a remnant piece of Kapton foil that was originally part of the protective insulation of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module, “Spider,” and was flown in space as part of that spacecraft from March 3-13, 1969. The original Kapton from which the attached remnants were cut was retrieved from the Lunar Module by Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart shortly before the LM was jettisoned from the Command Module.
The remnants attached to these Photo Presentations was cut from a larger piece measuring approximately 5-inches long that was part of Rusty Schweickart’s personal collection until consigned by him to Heritage Auction in May 2019 as LOT #50940.
That larger piece of Kapton was purchased by APOLLOSPACE at that time and sectioned off as follows: an approximately 2.25-inch piece was cut into smaller approximately .25 inch remnants which were attached to 50 Apollo 9 Photo Presentations.
Each Apollo 9 Flown Lunar Module “Spider” Kapton Foil Photo Presentation comes with an APOLLOSPACE letter of authenticity fully describing provenance and a copy of Rusty’s original letter that accompanied the Kapton foil when he consigned it to Heritage Auctions.
Series Apollo 9-1, exclusively from APOLLOSPACE.