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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