RR Auction: Space Exploration Auction

Original copy of a German document, three pages on two sheets, 8.25 x 11.75, July 3, 1944. Launch report of a German V-2 (A4) rocket, stamped as top s

Appreciably rare World War II-dated partly-printed V-2 flight report documents from Germany’s Pennemunde rocket research station,

Rare World War II-dated V-2 flight report documents from Germany’s Pennemunde rocket research station, three total pages, 8.25 x 1

Two Rare World War II-dated graph plotting charts for a V-2 flight from Germany’s Pennemunde rocket research station. The two Germ

World War II-dated collection of Hans Hosenthien's handwritten notes, totaling nine pages on six sheets, deriving from Germany's Peenemunde ...

Two sheets of handwritten notes by rocket scientist Lovell Lawrence, Jr., who developed the first engine to break the sound barrier while working with

Collection of 17 pages of Hans Hosenthien's handwritten notes, unsigned and undated, however, given his use of the English written language, it&...

Four original vintage 10 x 8 photographs of the Douglas X-3 Stiletto, an experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose. Th

Signed book: Always Another Dream: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot. First edition. Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1960. Hardcover with

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base on April 21, 1961, signed in black b

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base on September 4, 1964, signed in blac

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Edwards Air Force Base on September 29, 1964, signed in ink

Postal cover with a stamped cachet honoring the North American X-15 program, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962, signed in ballpoint,...

Project Mercury Earth Path Indicator manufactured by the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company, measuring 5˝ x 5.25˝ x 9.5˝, wit...

Signed book: Project Mercury by Charles Coombs. First edition. NY: William Morrow and Company, 1960. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 8.5. Inscribed

Gordon Cooper's personally-owned and -used F-86F range computer, measuring 4.5˝ in diameter, signed on one side in blue felt tip, "Go...

Historic pairing of items: an ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, in full: "Instead of blaming newly designed equipment observers bla...

Large color satin-finish 16 x 20 photo of the iconic group shot of the original seven Mercury astronauts posing together in their silver space suits,

Limited edition presentation of three lengths of lifting cables that aided in the decades-long search and recovery of the Liberty Bell 7, the spacecra

Impressive flown component from Gus Grissom's Mercury-Redstone 4 Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. ...

Extremely rare USS Lake Champlain cover from the recovery of Alan Shepard following his historic first flight on the Freedom 7, canceled â̈́...

Significant TLS signed "Virgil I. Grissom," one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, January 16, 1963. Letter of recommendation for longtime P...

Instrument pilot certificate card, 2.5 x 4, issued to Air Force 2nd Lt. Virgil I. Grissom, with an expiration date of April 3, 1952. In part: "...

Crystal-clear color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of the original Mercury astronauts posing in front of a Convair F106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Ba

Fascinating hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. Acc

Hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. The chart is ac

One-of-a-kind laminated 1999 planning calendar hand-annotated by Curt Newport as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. Newport used t

Early circa 1985 hand-drawn navigational chart for the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, accomplished in graphite and black ink on an off-whi

Early circa 1987 hand-drawn navigational chart for the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, accomplished in graphite on an off-white 17.5Ë...

Souvenir typescript of the introductory ‘Original Seven’ NASA press conference from 1959, one page, 8.5 x 11, s

Scott Carpenter's copy of the "Project Mercury Candidate Evaluation Program" report, prepared by the Wright Air Development Center in ...

A swatch of fabric attested to as being removed from the parachute of Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 capsule after it was recovered by t

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the dramatic launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, signed in blue felt tip, "Friendship 7 launchâ€

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, signed in black felt tip, "Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7, 24 May 1962...

Six original vintage glossy 8 x 10 silver gelatin photos of John Glenn, including three different images of him in his silver Project Mercury suit, on

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury capsule with escape tower attached, signed in blue and black felt tip, "Scott Carpenter, Aurora ...

Color satin-finish 11 x 14 photo of the Mercury Seven in their silver space suits, signed in black felt tip, "Wally Schirra," "Gordon...

Classic color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of NASA's original seven astronauts in front of an F-106 Delta Dart, signed in blue and black felt tip,...

Hand-drawn plotting chart by Curt Newport, who created this navigational aid as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition. The chart is ac

One-of-a-kind 1:40,000 scale dive planning chart hand-annotated by Curt Newport as team leader of the Liberty Bell 7 Recovery Expedition and featured

Original DCI press kit for the Discovery Channel movie ‘In Search of Liberty Bell 7,’ which first aired on Dece

Kodak gray scale 12˝ x 14˝ galley copy of an airbrushed painting by artist Michael Lee of the sunken Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft on the fl...

Commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring the USS Kearsarge and the “Project Mercury Recovery Team” for the ...

Vintage fountain pen signature, "J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” on an off-white 5 x 3 card. In fine condition.

Limited edition acrylic display featuring small segments of Mercury MR-3 Alan Shepard flown parachute and Mercury MA-6 John Glenn flown heatshield, at

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Carpenter posing in his silver Project Mercury suit, signed in blue felt tip, "Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7.&qu...

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Gordon Cooper entering the Mercury capsule, neatly signed in blue felt tip. In fine condition.

Official color 7.5 x 9.5 NASA lithograph of Carpenter in a formal pose with a Mercury 7 pin on his lapel, signed and inscribed in black ink, "F...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of John Glenn in his Project Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a slight bend along

Official glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Schirra in a formal up-close pose, signed and inscribed in black ink, "Best wishes—Al, ...