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CREW PROCEDURES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE FATAL APOLLO 1 FIRE Apollo 11 Launch Operations Checklist, page 5-5 / 5-6, a single sheet in red tint to assist quick location during emergencies. Printed recto and verso. NASA/MSC, April 15, 1969, revised June 1, 1969. 8 x 5-1/2 inches. With a Typed Letter Signed by BUZZ ALDRIN and copy of the checklist front cover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN: "Used in training for Apollo XI, BUZZ ALDRIN" on page 5-5. Provenance: Originally from the collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin. BUZZ ALDRIN'S provenance letter reads in part: "Accompanying this letter is a page numbered 5-5 and 5-6 from the CSM 107 (Apollo 11) Launch Operations Checklist, SKB32100080-306. The pages are part of the complete manual that was used in the Command Module simulator ... The sheet is from Section 5 titled: Launch Emergency Procedures. "Side 5-5 has the remaining steps to follow in case a spacecraft fire occurs in space if we were not wearing our space suits. Side 5-6 has the procedures to deal with a fire during spacecraft re-entry into earth's atmosphere. The last steps on this side are how to begin an emergency power down of our spacecraft. A fire in the spacecraft is an extremely dangerous occurrence because Neil, Mike, and I clearly remember the tragic loss of fellow astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee due to such an event while on the launch pad back in January 1967...."