RR Auction: Space & Aviation Auction

Uncommon and desirable commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5 x 4, carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. The cover, issue

Collection of three flown items carried by Hughes on his triumphant 1938 around-the-world flight. Items are: a commemorative airmail postal cover, 9.5

Hardcover manual entitled “Service and Instruction Manual Radio B-24D Airplane,” 8.5 x 11.25, 252 pages, prepared by the Flight and Service department

Hardcover instruction manual entitled “Power Plant B-24 D Airplane,” 9 x 11.25, 203 pages, printed in 1943 by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation. Manua

Softcover Pilot’s Powerplant Manual, 6.5 x 9.5, 392 pages, issued by the US Department of Commerce’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, dated October 1

Manual entitled “Instrument Flying Basic Without Radio Aids,” staple bound, 8.5 x 11, 82 pages, issued by the Commanding General of the Army Air Force

Collection of 171 covers, almost all Pan-Am first flight covers from various clipper routes around the world, most with stamped cachets commemorating

ANS, in pencil, signed “B,” one page, 4.75 x 8, red-bordered Office of Director letterhead, December 9. Note reads, in full: “Do you think you could g

Rare hardbound lecture entitled “Fifth Wings Club ‘Sight’ lecture: Space Flight Past, Present, and Future,” given by von Braun in New York City on May

A complete set of six sterling silver “Milestones of Manned Flight” medallions issued in 1969 by TWA. Each medallion measures approximately 1.5 inches

An umbilical spring used in the launch of the Explorer 1 satellite, approximately 6.75? long and 1.5? in diameter. Spring is attached to an 8.25 x 11.

Very rare official unsigned glossy 10 x 8 US Air Force photo of the very first Atlas rocket on the launch pad on April 24, 1957. Reverse bears the pri

Collection of over 150 official military, space companies, and NASA photos of missiles and rockets spanning from 1950 up to the 1990s, various finishe

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 (

PA-0207 Vernier rocket engine from the second stage of UR-200 space rocket proposed as the launcher for the anti-satellite spacecraft. Engine measures

This design was a derivative of the Sokol-K suit, with this model having a transverse zipper at the waist to allow for easier on and off capabilities,

Dark green two-piece suit consisting of a cosmonaut jacket with white zippers and a pair of elastic waist pants constructed from identical fabric. Jac

Original cosmonaut long duration flight suit. One-piece, full-length suit, sometimes referred to as a ‘penguin suit,’ is complete with the foot stirru

Highly decorated cosmonaut who participated in three missions. Volkov’s worn and flown cosmonaut long duration flight suit from his Soyuz TM-13 missio

Complete flown manual carried on board the Soyuz T-5 mission by Commander Anatoly Berezovoy. The manual, in Russian, measures 7.5 x 10, is 186 pages l