RR Auction: Space Exploration Auction

Extremely rare set of three official gold-tone enameled Soviet cosmonaut wing pins, each measuring 3˝ long, identified as class "1,"...

Five KNIGA covers, all with the same color cachet commemorating the flight of the Vostok spacecraft, individually signed in ink by a legendary Soviet

Attractive color glossy 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of the first woman in space, signed in blue ballpoint by Valentina Tereshkova. In fine condition, with

Outer hull material attested to as being flown and deriving from Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok 1 spacecraft by Florian Noller, contained i

Early Soviet music box commemorating the launch of Sputnik, measuring approximately 7.5″ x 4.5″ x 6â€...

Three aluminum commemorative coins, all approximately 1.25″ in diameter, issued between 2005 and 2007, each honoring a different u...

Color glossy 8 x 10.75 close-up photo of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in her Soviet space suit, signed in felt tip. In fine condition, with scattere

Glossy 8 x 12 close-up photo of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova smiling from inside her Soviet space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition,

Color glossy 4 x 6 photo of the legendary first woman in space, signed in blue ink by cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In fine condition. Accompanied b

Desirable 5.75 x 4 Russian postcard depicting a model of the Apollo-Soyuz spacecraft docking, signed in ink by the two Soviet crewmen: Alexei Leonov a

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of cosmonaut Pavel Popovich seated in his Vostok 4 flight suit, signed in black felt tip by Popovich, who adds his mis

Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of cosmonaut Pavel Popovich watching a pen float in zero gravity during the Vostok 4 mission, signed in blue felt tip by Pop

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project cosmonauts seated with NASA astronaut Vance Brand during the mission, signed in black felt

Vintage glossy 4.25 x 6 head-and-shoulders photo of Lev Dyomin in uniform, flown on Soyuz 15 in August 1974 with on-board cancellation stamp, signed i

Flown cover carried on the Soyuz MS-20 mission, which carried two space tourists to the International Space Station, signed in space by the Soyuz MS-2

Two swatches of parachute fabric attested to as being flown during Valentina Tereshkova's Vostok 6 mission in 1963. The orange and off-white swa...

International edition color 32 x 17.75 print of an Alexei Leonov painting entitled 'Seagull,' depicting Valentina Tereshkova in space with n...

Glossy 11.75 x 7.5 photo of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle being transported by rail to the Baikonour launch site for the Apollo-Soyuz mission, signed in

Scarce invitation for the 60th birthday of legendary cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who personally designed this invitation to be sent out to his close frie

Philatelic souvenir sheet issued by the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Stamp Club, 11 x 8.5, featuring captions and images from Spacepex â̈́...

The Space Race interactive documentary CD-ROM by FlagTower for Microsoft Windows, signed on the front of the box in black felt tip by cosmonaut Alexei

Flown Soviet postal cover carried to the Mir Space Station on Soyuz TM-17 and returned to Earth on Soyuz TM-18, signed in black ballpoint by Jean-Pier

Display replica of the SK-1 spacesuit for the Vostok program, which succeeded in placing the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, in a single orbit i

Iron meteorite, coarse octahedrite – IIAB, Maritime Territory, Siberia, Russia The Sikhote-Alin event is among the largest meteor

Iron meteorite, fine octahedrite – IVA, Kiruna, Sweden Found above the Arctic Circle near the Muonio River in northern Sweden, Mu

Moon rock, lunar feldspathic breccia, North West Africa  NWA 12691, is the 12,691st meteorite to be recovered from the North West Africa...

Moon rock, lunar feldspathic breccia, North West Africa This specimen is extremely similar to the previous lot. As one might expect, NWA 12691 looks

Iron meteorite, medium octahedrite – IIIE-AN, Xinjiang, China The exotic Aletai meteorite landed in the northwest corner of China

Stony Iron meteorite, pallasite – PAL, Lyon County, Kansas So far, there is nothing more beautiful from outer space than a pallas

Stony Iron meteorite, anomalous pallasite – PAL-ANOM, Erg Chech Sand Sea, Algeria While this is similar to the previous lot in th

Iron meteorite, fine octahedrite – IVA, Great Nama Land, Namibia Gibeon iron meteorites are the bounty of a huge meteorite shower

Moon rock, lunar feldspathic breccia, North West Africa This specimen is extremely similar to the other lunar meteorites offered: itâ€

Iron meteorite, fine octahedrite – IVA, Great Nama Land, Namibia This slice is from a meteorite that billions of years ago was pa

Moon rock, lunar feldspathic breccia, North West Africa  Exceedingly similar to the previous lot, this originates from the same NWA 1269...

Iron meteorite, coarse octahedrite – IAB, Gran Chaco, Argentina Few cosmic impacts during our planet’s tumult

Terrestrial Impact Glass, The Egyptian/Libyan Border Region of the Sahara Desert Libyan Desert Glass (“LDG”) is a n...

Stone meteorite, chondrite, L3.6, Oyo, Nigeria A superb complete slice of an alluring meteorite — the best specimens of Aba Panu

Iron meteorite – coarse octahedrite – IAB complex, Novosibirsk, Russia It was on May 25, 1992, that a single

Iron meteorite, fine octahedrite – IVA, Great Nama Land, Namibia It requires millions of years for the two major iron-nickel allo

Stony Iron meteorite, transitional pallasite – PAL, Magadan District, Siberia, Russia Representing less than 0.2% of all known me

Stone meteorite, aubrite – AUB, Western Sahara/Morocco border Highly sought-after by both researchers and collectors, Aubrites re

Stony Iron meteorite, transitional pallasite – PAL, Magadan District, Siberia, Russia Pallasites are the most beautiful extraterr

Martian meteorite, shergottite – SNC, Gadamis, Libya More rare than diamonds or gold, meteorites from Mars are among the most exo

Stony Iron meteorite, transitional pallasite – PAL, Magadan District, Siberia, Russia While Seymchan is classified as a pallasite

Martian meteorite, shergottite – SNC, Sahara Desert, North West Africa Infinitely more rare than diamonds or gold, meteorites fro

Iron meteorite, ungrouped – IR-UNGR, Sahara Desert, Mali A piece of meteorite exotica: NWA 12767, the 12,767th meteor...

Stone meteorite, chondrite ungrouped – CH-UNGR, subtype 3.05, Western Sahara NWA 5717 provides a rare peek at the raw ingredients

1.8kg L5 Chondrite Whole stone, with small corner cut off for classification analysis Classified in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 105 Discovered on Apri