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Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Germany’s most famous “Raketenpionieres,” Wernher von Braun, Hermann Oberth, and Rudolf Nebel, signed in bl

Air mail envelope, 6.5 x 3.75, with a clipped photo of von Braun affixed to the left edge, signed in black ink by von Braun. Envelope also bears a typ

Unique four-page Western Union telegram, 8 x 5.5, sent to the Honorable Ralph M. Lovell, a Maine state senator, inviting him to view the launch of Apo

Romanian and German physicist and engineer (1894–1989) considered one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics. Color glossy 4 x 6 photo,

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of von Braun posing with a rocket model, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with some scattered light creases and surfac

Six Kniga commemorative covers, each one issued and cancelled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space missions, each signed by the cosmonaut

Vintage color glossy 11.25 x 8.5 photo of the first six cosmonauts, affixed to a heavy 14 x 11 mount, signed in ink in the blank lower border of the i

Vintage glossy 7 x 8.75 photo of the mission’s crew posing outdoors, signed in blue and black ballpoint by Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev. Moderate

Flight-flown souvenir cover, flown on board the Bell X-2 rocket in September of 1956, signed by pilot Iven Kincheloe. In fine condition. As there are

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of an X-15 about to land on the tarmac, signed vertically in black felt tip by William Knight (1929–2004), Milt Thompson (b. 1926

Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of an X-15 streaking through the sky, signed later in blue felt tip, “Neil Armstrong, X-15.” In very good condition, with

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of an X-1 B test aircraft in flight, signed in black felt tip by Armstrong. In fine condition, with a few light bends

Cardstock 10.5 x 8.25 NASA photo of the Glamorous Glennis in flight, signed in black felt tip by pilot Chuck Yeager, back-up pilot Bob Hoover, and dro

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of an X-4, a Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket, a D-558-I, an X-5, a Bell X-1A, an XF-92A, and a Douglas X-3 Stiletto, signed in black fe

One of the first pilots assigned to the X-15 flight research program at NASA's Flight Research Center. He made thirty flights in X-15s. Uncommon...

Four items: a small cross-section of umbilical cable which connected Glenn’s Friendship 7 capsule to ground; encased in an acrylic display; a small pi

Wally Schirra’s 1962 identification badge for the Atlantic Missile Range, identification number 84096, issued during his training for his Mercury flig

Clipped circular photo of Adam West’s Batman, 5 x 5, once placed inside a space capsule as a pratical joke, originally from the personal collection of

Signed book: Project Mercury: A Chronology. NASA SP-4001. Washington, D. C.: NASA, 1963. Softcover, 8 x 10.25, 238 pages. Signed in blue felt tip oppo

Four items: official “Realm of Project Mercury Recovery Force” card, 3.75 x 2.25, issued to a seaman involved in a recovery operation during Project M

Three photos, all from the personal collection of Pad Leader Guenter Wendt: color glossy 8 x 10 photo of John Glenn riding in the back of a convertibl

Napcoware figuring of Ham the Chimp, 5.5” tall, commemorating his space journey on January 31, 1961. The fragile figurine shows Ham resting his hands

Flight-flown explosive bolt used on MR-2 (12), which carried Ham the Chimp on January 31, 1961. Bolt measures 1.75” long and is attached by wire to tw

Two resolutions, each 9.75 x 14.75, presented by the US Senate and US House of Representatives to Major Leroy Gordon Cooper in recognition of his 22-o

US Navy Recovery Force postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the naval recovery force, signed in black felt tip, “Scott Carpenter.” Light toning

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Project Mercury, signed in red felt tip by Cooper. Adhesive address label affixed at lower right corner. In

US Navy Recovery Force postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the naval recovery force, signed in black felt tip, “Gordon Cooper.” Also signed by

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the first American to orbit Earth, signed in black felt tip, “J. H. Glenn, Jr.” Scattered creases and the

US Navy Recovery Force postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the naval recovery force, signed in black felt tip, “John Glenn,” and by three memb

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the second manned suborbital flight, signed in fountain pen, “Virgil I. Grissom.” In fine condition, with f

FDC, signed in blue or black ink by John Glenn, Gordon Cooper, Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra. Also signed by four naval officers in

Sigma 7 recovery cover issued and cancelled to mark the flight of Wally Schirra, signed in blue or black ink by five members of the 6594th Recovery Co

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Project Mercury, signed in black felt tip by Schirra. In fine condition, with a rectangular block of toning

Printed one-panel cartoon by John Emmwood, 12.5 x 9, depicting Ham the Chimp, as Chief Instructor, briefing unhappy-looking Mercury astronauts Gus Gri

Historic bundle of electrical cord, 7.5” in length, from the unsuccessful Mercury-Redstone 1 mission. These connectors were used to connect the Mercur

Four Tareyton cigarettes and their original package, flown aboard Schirra’s six-orbit Sigma 7 flight on October 3, 1962. These cigarettes, along with

Gordon Cooper’s father’s gold and diamond 32° Masonic ring, carried with Cooper on his Faith 7 Mercury mission on May 15-16, 1963, which orbite...

Original mission rules from the first American unmanned orbital space flight on September 13, 1961, 8.5 x 11, 29 pages fastened within a 9 x 11 binder

Historic and iconic 1941-S Mercury Head dime recovered from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft almost 38 years to the day after the Mercury capsu

Fantastic original vintage 1959 NASA newsletter detailing progress on the Mercury program, four pages, 8 x 10.5, vertically signed in ballpoint on the

Fabulous color limited edition 35 x 25 print commemorating the Mercury space missions, numbered #451/1500, signed in pencil by Alan Shepard, Betty

Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 signed photo of the Mercury 7 astronauts with a model of a rocket, signed in various inks in the lower border, all signing

Complete set of vintage glossy 8 x 10 ‘black-letter’ 1959 NASA photos, each signed in blue ballpoint by the respective Mercury astronaut shown. Signer

From the early days of Project Mercury, this small artifact originates from Spacecraft 3, one of 20 production spacecraft, numbered 1 through 20, orde

An approximately 6.5” metal railroad spike removed from the railway once connecting Launch Complex 5/6 and 26. The spike is affixed to a 5.5 x 11.75 w

Two items: souvenir currency issued in honor of Gordon Cooper's Mercury flight and his return to Oklahoma, each 7.75 x 3.25. One item. bears his...

Silver Certificate one dollar bill, series 1957, signed in blue ink by Alan Shepard shortly after his historic flight. The bill has expected folds, cr

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Carpenter in his spacesuit, signed in black felt tip, “Scott Carpenter.” In fine condition.

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of a grinning Carpenter preparing for his flight, uniquely signed in black felt tip, “M. Scott Carpenter, Mercury Astr

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Carpenter being blasted into space, signed in black felt tip, “Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7 Launch, 24 May, 1962.” In