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ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Space Shuttle Thruster Cover591 - Space Shuttle Thruster Cover
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Engine Ground Cover for securing a Space Shuttle attitude control thruster after a mission. Measuring approximately 9 x 14, the cover consists of a br
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Space Shuttle Trainer Gauge592 - Space Shuttle Trainer Gauge
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A rare tape gauge removed from a Space Shuttle trainer when the fleet was converted to the newer ‘glass cockpit.’ Gauge measures 1.75 x 4 x 8.5 and ha
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Space Shuttle Artifacts593 - Space Shuttle Artifacts
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Set of two laminated color display sheets, 8.25 x 10.25, containing flown swatches from all six orbiting Space Shuttles, all identified below. Flown f
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Space Shuttle / Spacehab594 - Space Shuttle / Spacehab
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Spacehab module bulkhead attachment bolt flown on the STS-86 mission aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, measuring 2.5? long, presented in a custom-fit pre
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STS-82595 - STS-82
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Collection of three flown relics: an 8.5 x 6 swatch of shuttle payload bay liner carried on board the shuttle Discovery during STS-82; a 1 x .5 swatch
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STS-7596 - STS-7
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A cross-cut section of flown brake disc segment, 4 x 3.25, carried into space on board the shuttle Challenger during the STS-7 mission. Segment is aff
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STS-27/28597 - STS-27/28
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Flown nose gear tire segment used on the Atlantis during mission STS-27 and again on Columbia during mission STS-28, approximately .75 x .75. Encased
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STS-51D598 - STS-51D
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Flown Thermal Protection System (TPS) tile segment flown aboard the shuttle Discovery’s STS-51D mission, approximately .5 x .5. Encased in a cylindric
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STS-27/28 Shuttle Tire Orbiter Segments599 - STS-27/28 Shuttle Tire Orbiter Segments
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Two flown sections of the BF Goodrich Space Shuttle Orbiter nose gear tire flown on Atlantis mission STS-27 in December 1988 and on Columbia mission S
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Space Shuttle Hi-Temp Insulation600 - Space Shuttle Hi-Temp Insulation
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Available to US bidders only. An unusually shaped flown insulation assembly used in the wings of the Space Shuttle to protect the aluminum structure f
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