Historic unbound Mission Control-used “Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan” NASA manual (AS-506/CSM-107/LM-5), approximately 300 pages, 8 x 10.5, dated July 1, 1969, signed on the front cover in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI LMP,” who also signs inside on the lunar touchdown page (3-69), “'Contact Light,' Buzz Aldrin.” The manual is comprised of six sections: general summaries and schedules, update forms, detailed timeline, detailed test objectives, consumables, and flight plan summary. This particular manual contains 11 pages that feature manuscript notations made in real-time by a Houston flight controller during the historic mission; the controller's ownership signature is present to front cover. In fine condition, with wear to left edge of front cover, and the back cover missing. As mankind's first lunar landing mission, the flight plan for Apollo 11 was among the most important of all documents prepared by NASA. A significant, detailed piece documenting the minute-by-minute plan for the historic first journey to the surface of the moon, signed twice by the second man on the moon.
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