Apollo 7 Flown Heat Shield Fragment

Scarce flown piece of heat shield from the Apollo 7 CSM-101 spacecraft, which launched from Cape Kennedy LC-34 on October 11 and splashed down in the North Atlantic Ocean 11 days later on October 22, 1968. The fragment measures 1.75" x .75" x .5" and is encased in a rectangular Lucite display with descriptive plate to an overall size of 4" x 2.25" x 1". In fine condition. Apollo 7 was the first mission in the Apollo program to carry a crew into space and was also the first U.S. spaceflight to carry astronauts since the flight of Gemini XII in November 1966.