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Deep Space 1 Launch Photo, Decal, and Lapel Pin

$ 4.21

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Very Good
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days

    Description

    I am a space enthusiast and worked as an aerospace engineer for NASA for 37 years and am selling some items in my collection.
    Offered for sale here is a launch photo of the
    Deep Space 1 (DS1) Mission.
    The photo is 8 x 10 inches in size and is in very good condition.
    Also included are mission decals for both DS1 and SEDSAT, a student-built secondary payload, and a lapel pin.
    The DS1 decal is somewhat rare because it includes an image of Mars on the decal denoting a planned flyby of Mars.
    However, a launch delay cancelled the Mars flyby and the mission logo was re-designed without the Mars image.
    The new logo design is on the lapel pin.
    The Boeing decal is 4 ½ x 6 inches, the two round decals are 4 inches in diameter, and the lapel pin is 1 inch in diameter.
    DS1 was the first mission in NASA’s New Millennium Program to test new technologies on spacecraft.
    Originally designed to test a dozen new technologies including the use of an ion engine for spacecraft propulsion, Deep Space 1 far outstripped its primary mission goals by also successfully flying by the asteroid 9969 Braille and comet Borrelly.
    DS1 was launched on October 24, 1998, on a Boeing Delta II 7326 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
    Please check out my other auctions of space memorabilia.