Apollo 7 Flown Command Module Heatshield Artifact - NASA / Apollo Program

Description

This artifact presentation contains a genuine piece of Apollo 7 flown Command Module heatshield. Heatshield was used to protect the Command Module from the extreme heat of reentry and was composed of a fiberglass honeycomb, integrated with a phenolic resin, and bonded with an epoxy-based adhesive to a cleaned, stainless steel shell. This role was performed by North American Aviation. The heat shield was designed to withstand temperatures in excess of 3200°C. Each Command Module was protected by approximately 370,000 manually-filled honeycomb cells.
Product Information:
A segment of genuine Apollo 7 Command Module heatshield
Attached to an 8"x10" Apollo 7 mission photograph of the Saturn IVB second stage
Includes certificate of authenticity
with holographic logo and company stamp
Comes sealed in a clear protective 8"x10" toploader
Authentication Information:
The space flown material was salvaged from an original, vintage, and badly cracked lucite. The lucite read "
Souvenir Specimen from 1st Manned Apollo Spacecraft Apollo 7 Command Module 101 | 10.8 days, Oct 14th through 24th 1968 | Astronauts Schirra, Cunningham, Eisele | ReEntry speed 17,680 mph".
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