RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Uncommon signed book in Russian: Cosmonautics of the USSR [Kosmonautika CCCP]. Moscow, 1986. Hardcover, 10.5 x 12.75, 496 pages. Calligraphically insc

Three flown parachute pieces from Valentina Tereshkova’s Vostok 6 mission in 1963. Pieces are affixed to a printed 8.5 x 11 certificate of authenticit

Impressive collection of approximately 290 Soviet space pins, primarily issued throughout the 1960s and 1970s, honoring a variety of programs and cosm

Booklet entitled “The X-15 Research Airplane,” produced by NASA, 7.75 x 10, 12 pages, signed on the first page in black felt tip, “Neil Armstrong X-15

Uncommon and uninscribed color satin-finish 10 x 8 NASA photo of an X-15 in flight over California, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition.

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Armstrong with his fellow X-15 pilots, signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition, with slight irregular adhesion to the signat

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Cotton and White reviewing paperwork in front of an Air Force aircraft, signed in black felt tip by both. In very fine conditio

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Knight posing in front of his jet, signed in black felt tip, “Wm. J. Knight, X-15 A-2, 4520 mph, Oct. 3, 1967, Edwa

Glossy 8 x 10 photo of Peterson walking away from his jet after landing, signed in black ballpoint, “Forrest S. Peterson, RAOM US Navy, X-15 Pilot.” I

NASA research pilot (1926–1993) selected as an astronaut for the United States Air Force X-20 Dyna-Soar program in April 1960. After the Dyna-Soar pro