Checklist that helped save Apollo 13 on auction

Checklist that helped save Apollo 13 on auction
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 8:06am

Expected to draw more than 25k

The Associated Press is reporting; a checklist upon which Apollo 13 commander James Lovell made calculations that helped guide the damaged spacecraft home will be offered on auction Nov. 30.

A Tuesday statement from Dallas-based Heritage Auctions says the item is part of a batch of U.S. space program artifacts being offered as part of a "Space Signature Auction."

Lovell used the checklist to move guidance data from the stricken Command/Service Module to the guidance system of the Lunar Excursion Module.

The Heritage statement says the checklist, now owned by Lovell, was expected to bring a winning bid exceeding $25,000.
 

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