Apollo 13 Flown Kapton Foil. Ex. American Space Museum

Kapton Foil, .675" x 1", was flown to space and removed from the Apollo 13 Command Module after the recovery. Encapsulated by CAG to a size of 2.375'' x 3.375''.

Apollo 13 was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module failed two days into the mission.

The gold foil material, better known as the Kapton Foil, is part of the heat deflecting material from the Apollo Spacecraft Odyssey which carried Astronauts Lovell, Swigert and Haise on their historic attempt to become the third crew to land on the moon.

The foil, which was often used for presentation purposes, was given to Bill Whiskey, a NASA employee in 1970. Prior to his passing, Bill Whiskey provided the remaining pieces to Sandy Clarkson.

Provenance:

American Space Museum

Sandy Clarkson

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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