Apollo 11 Official NAA/FAI ‘Manned Spacecraft Records’ Report Booklet - One of Three Issued by the United States

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  Historic original National Aeronautic Association (NAA) “Request for Homologation, Manned Spacecraft Records” report booklet issued to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) in recognition of the moon-landing Apollo 11 mission. The booklet, 63 pages, 8 x 10.5, date-stamped November 10, 1969, is divided into five major sections: Directing Official's Report and Required Certificates, Vehicle Commander's Report, Space Vehicle Weighing Procedures, Statements of Launch and Orbit, and Space Vehicle Description, with the booklet’s introduction reading, in part: “This report constitutes an application for one official world record and five official world class records under the sanction of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The records sought as a result of the Apollo 11 mission by the United States of America are duration of stay outside the spacecraft (world), and (world class) durations on the lunar surface, including time inside and outside the spacecraft, and the masses landed and lifted off the surface.”
  
  
  
  The first section contains the following documents: “Contestant Directing Official’s Report,” “Certificate of Launch,” “Certification of Orbits,” “Certification of Duration on the Lunar Surface,” “Certification of Mass Landed on the Lunar Surface,” “Certification of Mass Lifted from the Lunar Surface,” and a “Certificate of Return,” four of which are signed in blue ballpoint by Bertrand Rhine, directing official of the NAA. The next section features the two-page “Vehicle Commander’s Report,” issued by Neil Armstrong for “Absolute - Duration outside spacecraft; World Class - Durations of stay on surface, inside and outside spacecraft; Mass landed and lifted to orbit,” dated July 16, 1969, with Mark and Type of Vehicle identified as “Apollo 11 (Command/service modules 107, Lunar Module 5, Saturn-V vehicle 506).” The first page bears a printed Armstrong signature, and the second contains printed signatures of the full Apollo 11 crew.
  
  
  
  The comprehensive report contains tables related to “Post Flight Mass Properties” for the CSM and LM, a list of major mission events, voice transcripts, a detailed rundown of trajectory computations, descriptions of the space vehicles, and three color glossy photos. The front cover and first page bear the official NAA blindstamp. In fine condition, with creasing to the lower right corner of the front cover. The National Aeronautic Association, working in conjunction with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, is the world governing body that officially certifies new aviation and space records, with this report booklet representing the Apollo 11 mission’s unique standing within the annals of aeronautical history. An exceptionally rare offering given that the United States only issued two to three copies of each Apollo report—the opportunity to obtain such a historic publication may never again present itself.
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