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Color 10 x 8 photo of President John F. Kennedy presenting the Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut Alan Shepard, signed in black ink “Alan Shepar

Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of Shepard on board the USS Champlain, his Freedom 7 capsule, secured on the deck behind him, signed in blue ballpoin

Early color vintage 8 x 10 NASA close-up photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “Best wishes to Caroline Gessler, Donald K. Slayton.” Some scat

A single four-cent USPS Project Mercury postage stamp with “Issued on successful completion of 3 world orbits by Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr.” Stamp is

Souvenir typescript, signed “D. K. Slayton,” one page, 8.5 x 11, an excerpt from We Seven. In part: “It was not until I was well into high school that

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 14, 1970. Glenn sends words of encouragement to a young admirer while recounting his historic f

TLS signed “J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, February 15, 1963. Letter of thanks to an admirer. In part: “I would like to thank

TLS, signed with his full signature “Virgil I. Grissom,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, October 4, 1961. A form letter of thanks to a member of

Fantastic TLS signed “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, Project Mercury letterhead, October 16, 1961. Schirra offers some blunt advise to

Gordon Cooper’s flight-flown add-on pocket, carried aboard Cooper’s Faith 7 mission in 1963. Pouch is made from the same material used to make Cooper’