Koller - Out of This World Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 4pm

1837 „APOLLO 11 ERA“ CALIBRATION PANEL around 1960 48 x 31 x 18 cm Provenance: Guido Schwarz, Swiss Space Museum The launch of the astonishing 111-metre-high Saturn Vmoon rocket was a technical masterpiece. Under the direction of the rocket engineer Wernher von Braun, the Americans achieved the impossible: the first landing of humans on the moon. Before the rocket could be launched into space, a large number of system tests had to be carried out during the countdown phase, which lasted several weeks. In the Firing Room and in the adjacent control rooms, NASA engineers sat at rows of control panels and checked the functions. This unit is an original NASA calibration panel from the Apollo programme era. The panel was in use in the late 1960s at the Kennedy Space Center, where the moon rockets were launched. The date on the panel is 28.12.1967. Amaintenance sticker shows the date 07.10.1969. This means that the device was in use during the period when the first humans landed on the moon with Apollo 11. A true piece of space exploration history! CHF 1 500 / 2 500 (€ 1 460 / 2 430) 1838* APOLLOMOON PHOTO Buzz Aldrin on the Moon NASA, red stamp 1969 Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper Framed with museumGlass Provenance: Swiss private collection The photos taken during Buzz Aldrin‘s and Neil Armstrong‘s 21 hour and 36 minutes stay on the moon are of amazing quality. The fact is that Neil Armstrong used his Hasselblad camera to capture the victory in the race for the moon for eternity. Since Neil Armstrong took on the role of the photographer during the Apollo 11 mission, he can hardly be seen in the pictures of the mission. In this photo, you can see him very small - reflected in the visor of Aldrin. Presented here is arguably one of the most important photographs in human history. The early red stamp edtion rarely comes to market. CHF 7 000 / 12 000 (€ 6 800 / 11 650) | 38 Out of This World | Natural History, Space Exploration & Entertainment Memorabilia