Apollo 7 - space flown heatshield

and fans of German space achievements

The source of the original film strip is a Christie's auction of a flown film cassette that still had some tape in it

Launched in February 2008

The gold-toned Kapton foil—used as critical thermal protection on the lunar module—represents a rare surviving component from the hardware that carried astronauts to the Moon

Mercury MR-4 "Liberty Bell 7" space flown tape 8x10 presentation tape Apollo 7 - space flownMercury MR 4 flown tape fragment Mercury Redstone 4 was the second manned US spaceflight, launched on July 21, 1961, with a Mercury Redstone Rocket. The spacecraft was piloted by astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom. The ballistic spaceflight lasted 15 minutes 30 seconds, reached an altitude of more than 100 nautical miles, and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly after splashdown, the hatch cover blew accidentally. Gus Grissom could leave the