DALLAS, TX.- Three two-sided Apollo 11 Lunar Module flown Landing Sequence pages, originally from the Personal Collection of Mission Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin — each signed and certified on both sides — form the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions' May 20, 2016 Space Exploration Signature® Auction.

The pages come from the Lunar Module G and N Dictionary, the manual and checklist for the operation of the Lunar Module Primary Navigation and Guidance System. These particular pages impart the step-by-step exact computer procedures for the first manned moon landing, from the "Braking Phase" that started the descent to the surface from lunar orbit to the "Landing Confirmation" where the astronauts confirmed their touchdown location.

On each odd-numbered page Aldrin has written in blue ink: "Used By Neil Armstrong During Eagle's Landing on Apollo XI/ Buzz Aldrin." On each even-numbered page he has written: "Carried to the Lunar Surface on Apollo 11/ Buzz Aldrin."

"It doesn't seem a stretch to liken these pages to the logbook or navigation charts used by Christopher Columbus on his historic voyage to America," said Michael Riley, Senior Historian at Heritage Auctions. "The information contained here, as Aldrin states, '...enabled the actual landing by Man on the surface of the Moon.' This was one of only a handful of human accomplishments that are recognized as an historic landmark by all the world's citizenry and arguably the most important of those to occur in our lifetimes."

An Apollo 8 Flown "Target of Opportunity Flight Chart (ATO)," with crew-named crater notations, directly from the Personal Collection of Mission Command Module Pilot James Lovell, presents an extremely interesting and historical chart flown aboard human kind's first flight to the moon. The map contains dozens of handwritten notations of names given by Bill Anders to various craters on the equatorial zone of the moon's far side before the flight. These were to be used as aids in spotting landmarks for photographic purposes during the mission. The names given are generally based on names of astronauts, NASA leaders, and U.S. locations. These names were submitted to the IAU after the flight for official recognition but were refused.

Also from Lovell's personal collection is an Apollo 8 Flown Gideon's Bible (New Testament, Psalms, Proverbs), a rare religious memento from this landmark 1968 mission. Commander Lovell's Apollo 13 Flown Speed-Up Burn Checklist Cue Card offers an important and evocative artifact from the doomed 1970 mission that was used, after rounding the far side of the moon, to boost the craft's speed by 860 feet per second and cut their arrival back on earth down to 142 hours elapsed time. The Apollo 13 Flown Electrical Failure Quick Reference Two-Sided Checklist Cue Card from Lovell presents a piece that is very evocative of the most famous moment from the mission, as, at the 02:07:55:35 mark into the mission Lovell's said to CapCom Jack Lousma, "Houston, we've had a problem. We've had a MAIN B BUS UNDERVOLT." Shortly after, at 02:07:58:25, Fred Haise transmits: "Yes. We got a MAIN BUS A UNDERVOLT now, too, showing."

"It's easy to imagine that one of the crew might have glanced at this very card on the instrument panel during these critical moments," said Riley. "This humble little piece of paper stock may well have figured prominently in one of NASA's most important moments."

Further highlight include, but are not limited to:

• James Lovell's Apollo 13 Post-Flight Expense Reimbursement Travel Voucher, directly from his personal collection: A printed Government form titled "Travel Voucher" filled in by hand and typewriter requesting a payment by check to "Capt. James A. Lovell" for travel and other expenses from March 29 to April 19, 1970, the period that included the Apollo 13 mission. The verso has a detailed listing of the expenses which total $369.91 due primarily for Lovell's per diems.

• Apollo 11 Flown 14K Gold Mezuzah Pendant: A gold mezuzah with a Star of David on the front taken along on mankind's first moon landing mission. Totally unique, appealing to collectors of Space material as well as collectors of important Judaica.

• Apollo 11 Lunar Module Flown 14K Gold Ankh Cross: A white gold ankh, marked "14K" on the back and with a suspension loop at top. This was flown to the moon by Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11 as a favor for a neighbor and close friend. Lunar Module-flown relics from Apollo 11 are considered the pinnacle of flown space collectibles.

• Mercury Seven Astronauts 1965-Dated Story Rights Contract signed by the astronauts and their wives, missing only John and Annie Glenn: A great Mercury item, made even rarer by the presence of the spouse signatures.

• NASA Astronaut Group Two, large color photo signed on the mat by all nine: A stunning and rare assemblage of signatures around a photo of the "New Nine" or "Next Nine," the first new group of astronauts chosen by NASA after the original "Mercury Seven."