Apollo Lunar Module Separation Sequence Controller, designed to be mounted in the Saturn V Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA). Part of the Sequential Control Event System (SECS), the controller was responsible for triggering the squibs (explosive charges) that allowed the Lunar Module to be extracted (by the Command Service Module) after launch. The controller measures 11" x 4" x 9", and retains its original Autonetics (Division of North American Aviation) parts label: "Controller-LEM, Separation Sequence, NAA/S & ID Cont No. ME 450-0007-0002, Contr No. NAS9-150, Pt No. 41002-102-11, MFG Date Sep 23 66, Ser. No. A17A005." An "Acceptance Thermal Testing Time" label is stamped 9.3 hours on July 21, 1969, and an "Acceptance Vibration Time" label is stamped 2.1 minutes in July 1969.
The consignor notes that this controller was actually used as a prop in the 1979 science fiction TV film Salvage 1, which starred Andy Griffith as a scrap and salvage specialist who wants to build a spaceship so he can recover equipment left on the Moon during Apollo Program missions.
