RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring a Russian space mission, signed in ink and felt tip by nine astronauts, including Mike Smith, Bob Springer,

Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Columbia crew posing in their orange flight suits with their helmets, signed in black felt tip by Rick Husband, Willie

Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Robbins Medal, approximately 1.5 x 2 with a raised design on the face of the mission insignia, and the mission and astr

ALS, one page, 5.5 x 8.5, NASA letterhead, August 23, 1999. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I found out about my selection 6 months after my interview

Incredible collection of eight items fully signed by the crew of the Columbia STS-107 mission, consisting of four photos, two briefings, an employee b

Pair of two bronze medals produced by the Medallic Art Company in 1976 to honor Viking 1 and 2, limited minting of 5000, each 2.5? in diameter, presen

Flown limited edition Hubble Space Telescope polymide film, #55/75, retrieved during a 1999 shuttle mission. Film measures .75 x 1 and is encased in a

Flown limited edition Hubble Space Telescope polymide film, #11/17, retrieved during a 1999 shuttle mission. Film measures 2.75 x 1.25 and is encased

An unfired Isayev S2.720A bi-propellant regenerative thrust chamber developed for use in the second stage of the Soviet S-75M Surface to Air Missile

Flown Deck Angle Gauge flown on board the Voyager during testing and its record-setting around the world flight. The deck gauge (Inclinometer) is a th

Rack-mountable calibrator, circa 1970s-80s, 19 x 3.5 x 5, with four inputs and two knobs on the front. Service tag affixed to the top identifies the d

Firefighter’s protective hood. Type I hood is made from Aramid fabric with a front face piece. Hood bears a Lite Industries, Inc. manufacturer’s label

Rack-mountable Holt Model HCS-1 AC Current Shunt, 19 x 5.25 x 6.75, once installed at Kennedy Space Center in association with an unidentified program

US Army rocket tube with retractable fins. Tube measures 31.75? with a 3? diameter. A fin assembly is attached to the bottom with four 6.5? long adjus

Unused Venturi tube. Single metal piece measures 55? long with a diameter of approximately 6?. Tube has two roles of holes drilled near the top and ha

Black textured rotational grip with a trigger and button on top, 5? tall, mounted to a wood and metal stand to an overall height of 8.5.? In fine cond

Flown space mail card, 6.5 x 3.75, #004 of 030, flown aboard the International Space Station, signed on the reverse by the Expedition 19 and 20 crews:

Original NASA lab coat. Emerald green knee-length 100% Bacrow Polyester lab coat is a size Large, has a zip-up front and bears an Angelica manufacture

Excellent original artwork entitled ‘U. S. Launches Satellites,’ mixed media on a 16 x 23 illustration board, showing a composite image of several sat

Adorable space-themed quilt constructed of felt and cloth, 75 x 42, featuring 28 panels with different space topics, including the planets, the moon,

Two original Cape Canaveral Air Force Station road signs. Each double-sided sign measures 30 x 9, with white lettering against a rust-colored backgrou

Five small relics taken from five different launch complexes at Cape Canaveral. Relics are: metal from the Pad 5 gantry; cableway from the Complex 14

French astronomer (1877–1962). She published works on the surface features of Mars as well as Jupiter’s red spot. A crater on Mars is named in her hon

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, April 24, 1978. Letter to a space enthusiast. In part: “I take great pleasure in sending you the enclosed ma

TLS signed by rocket scientist and director of JPL, “W. H. Pickering,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Jet Propulsion Laboratory letterhead, June 27, 1966 (wit

Two satin-finish 10 x 8 photos, one featuring Calle proudly displaying an oversized image of his ‘First Man on the Moon’ stamp, signed in black felt t

Collection of 26 signed photos, mostly 8 x 10, various finishes, and some color, each signed in ink or felt tip by the controller or administrator pic

Two color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photos of Bull and Michel, each signed and inscribed in black felt tip to “Nancy.” In overall fine condition.

Three signed color cardstock photos of the Voyager in flight, two 20 x 16 and one 16 x 20, each signed in felt tip by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager. In

Twenty-one photos of various finished, 13 color, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed by one of NASA’s mission controllers. Signers are: Guenter Wendt (2),

Color glossy 12 x 8 photo of Wendt posing with three models, signed in black felt tip, “Don’t you need these for your collection??? Guenter F. Wendt.”

Breathtaking crystal clear unsigned color satin-finish 50.5 x 9.25 panoramic photo of one of the Mars rovers investigating a boulder, taken from the l

Collection of 27 original glossy photos, all 10 x 8, taken by Surveyor 3 or by Apollo 12 moonwalkers Charles Conrad and Alan Bean. Ten of the photos s

Twelve original glossy NASA press photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, of images of Mars taken by Mariner 4. Most retain the original caption affixed to the rev

Twenty five original glossy NASA press photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, of images of Mars taken by Mariner 6. Most retain the original printed or affixed ca

Ten original glossy NASA press photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, of images taken by the Ranger VII spacecraft before its impact with the moon, each with a ca

Collection of approximately 106 photos of various rocket and missile tests dated between the 1950s and 1990s, primarily consisting of glossy 8 x 10 an

Collection of 68 photos, mostly 8 x 10 or 8.5 x 11, various finishes, from the Mars missions. Many of the photos are of the martian surface, a couple

Collection of 15 high quality semi-glossy photos of the Earth taken from space or from lunar orbit, including several earthrise photos. In very good c

Vibrant color original ink and pastel drawing of a flying city over an alien landscape, 6.5 x 6, titled “Concept Three,” and signed in black ink, “198

Color 15.75 x 20 poster for the SR-71 Blackbird Symposium held in 2009, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by 15 pilots and crew members. Si

Rare, limited edition Challenger Center for Space Science Education patch memorializing the tragic Apollo 1, Challenger 51-L, and Columbia STS-107 mis

Ten signed items, consisting primarily of photos, letters, and souvenir typescripts. Signers are: Walt Flint, Robert Jastrow (2), Sir A. C. Bernard Lo

Signed book: Eyewitness to Space. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1972. Hardcover with dust jacket, 16.75 x 12.5. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page by

Signed book: The Art of Robert McCall: A Celebration of Our Future in Space, with an Introduction by Ray Bradbury. First edition, first printing. NY:

The Conquest of Space by Willy Ley and Chesley Bonestell. Later printing. NY: Viking Press, 1949. Hardcover with reproduction dust jacket, 8.5 x 11, 1

Nearly 70 NASA photos bearing autopen signatures, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs. In overall fine con

Collection of four different color laminated NASA Vehicle Assembly Building badges from the 1970s. Each measures 2.5 x 4 with a hole at the top of eac

Collection of approximately 30 NASA buttons and badges of various sizes, honoring various missions (mainly Space Shuttle), with many being “Official G

Outstanding collection of over 1,000 different US space covers ranging in date from 1961 to 2000, honoring nearly every program and achievement imagin