Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

“DON ’TWORRY.WE ’RE ONTHE BACKSIDE OFTHE MOON; THEY’LL NEVER KNOW IT.” 30    (ASTRONAUTS—APOLLO 12.) BEAN, ALAN.Typescript Signed and Inscribed, “We sailed to the ocean of Storms,” passage on Bean’s flight in the Lunar Module including a brief dialogue between him and Apollo 12 mission commander Pete Conrad. 1 / 2 page, 4to, “Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center” stationery. Houston, nd [100/200] “. . . Wait a minute, the people down in Houston aren’t going to like this . . . . Don’t worry, we are on the back side of the moon; they’ll never know. . . .” 31    (ASTRONAUTS—APOLLO-SOYUZ.) Color Photograph Signed, by each crew member of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, showing the astronauts and cosmonauts wearing in-flight coveralls behind a model of the docked Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts. Signed in the image. Approximately 7x9 1 / 2 inches; fading to Leonov’s signature but still legible, slight fading to image. Np, [1975] [300/400] D.K. Slayton * Tom Stafford * Vance Brand * Alexei Leonov * Valery Kubasov. 32 c   (ASTRONAUTS—APOLLO.) Group of 7 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, by an Apollo Program astronaut: Gus Grissom * Alan Shepard * Buzz Aldrin * Deke Slayton * Wally Schirra * John Glenn * Jim Irwin. Format and condition vary. Vp, 1962-79 [600/900] 5 partly-printed Documents Signed, each a Hertz car rental agreement, each signed by one of Grissom, Shepard, Slayton, Schirra, or Glenn. Each 7x7 inches; short tears at edge of Shepard document.Vp, 1962-63 * Aldrin. NASA. Mission Report:Apollo 11 . Signed and Inscribed, on front cover:“To Brother Hugh R. Plunkett 32° /With BestWishes / Buzz Aldrin 33°.” 8 pages. 4to, self-wrappers. [Washington, 14 August 1969]; inscription: Np, nd * Irwin. ALS, “Jim Irwin Apollo 15 [moon sketch],” to “Dear Alex,” expressing interest in Cosmonauts, especially circumstances surrounding the death of Yuri Gagarin. 1 page, 4to, “High Flight” stationery, pale blue paper. Colorado Springs, 23 March 1979. with — John A. Powers. Partly-printed Document Signed, Hertz car rental agreement. 7x7 inches. Los Angeles, 4 December 1962. 35