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Alan Shepard’s Mercury-era laminated access card stub granting him entry into the Johnsville Navy Center, 5 x 3, stamp-issued for July 11–21, 1963, nu

Signed book: John Glenn: A Memoir. Limited first edition, numbered 2414/3500. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.5, 42

Signed book: Leap of Faith. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2000. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.5 x 9.5, 279 pages. Signed on the colopho

Signed book: For Spacious Skies. Collector’s edition. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2003. Leather-bound hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 370 pages. Signed on the

Scarce signed book: Results of the Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight. Washington, DC: NASA, 1962. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5, 107 pages. Si

Uncommon signed book: Results of the Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight. Washington, DC: NASA, 1962. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5, 120 pages. S

Booklet containing the report of the US Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 97 pages, 5.75 x 9.25, December 1, 1959, signed on the fr

Uncommon color glossy 11 x 8.5 photo of Carpenter lifting himself from a Mercury capsule seat, signed in black felt tip, “Astronaut Training for Auror

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Schirra posing in his silver Mercury spacesuit; he signs in blue felt tip, “Wally Schirra,” and adds his Sigma 7 mi

Limited edition color 9.25 x 7 cardstock photo of Shepard receiving the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from President Kennedy on May 8, 1961, number

Two photos: a color satin-finish 10.5 x 8 photo of a collage honoring Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter, signed in black felt tip; and a color s

Two photos: a color semi-glossy photo of John Glenn posing in his silver Mercury suit, signed in the lower border in blue felt tip; and a color semi-g

Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of launch pad leader Guenter Wendt holding Ham the chimpanzee, signed in black felt tip, “‘Ham,’ America’s first chimp in sp

Two items: an FDC postmarked February 20, 1962, the launch day of the Friendship 7 spacecraft, signed in black ballpoint by Gordon Cooper, Alan Shepar

Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the Beacon Explorer launch, signed in felt tip and ballpoint by John Glenn, Deke Slayton, Alan Shep

Project Mercury-era star chart from the collection of Gene Kranz, 4 x 10.75, signed in black felt tip by Kranz. The chart depicts numerous constellati

Exceptional color limited edition 33.25 x 23.25 print of a painting by artist George Bishop entitled ‘Mercury 7,’ showing the Mercury-Redstone rocket

Color limited edition 18.5 x 24.75 print entitled ‘Mercury and Beyond,’ numbered 84/450, signed and inscribed in gold ink by twenty-six NASA personnel

An Administrative History of NASA, 1958–1963. First edition, SP–4101. Washington, DC: NASA, 1966. Hardcover, 7 x 9.75, 381 pages. In fine condition, w

Collection of 43 official vintage photos, all 8 x 10 or 10 x 8, including: ten color photos of rocket launches, including Saturn, Mercury-Atlas, and A