RR Auction: Space Exploration

Handsome 8 x 10 half-length portrait of Wernher von Braun, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip, “True pioneering spirit knows no bounds. It made Tex

ALS, one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1970. Letter to his secretary. In full: “Please get me ‘Apollo and Apollo Applications’ Staf

DS, one page, 3.5 x 5.25, June 17, 1973. A Federal Aviation Administration ‘Medical Certificate I Class’ filled out in type with von Braun’s personal

Program for the 10th Annual Honors Dinner Meeting of the Alabama Section of the American Rocket Society, held at Fort Raymond W. Jones Armory on Octob

Signed miniature book: Robert Hutchings Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Limited edition, numbered 1408/1926. Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 196

Six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating Russian space achievements, issued and canceled to mark one of the first six Russian manned space mis

Partly-printed untranslated invitation in Cyrillic on an off-white 7.25 x 5 card embossed with a detailed hammer and sickle Soviet crest, November 7,

Two items: a Federation of Cosmonauts of the USSR diploma certificate, printed inside a 8.75 x 12.25 folder featuring an image of Gagarin on the left

An interesting cosmonaut pilot survival kit contained within an olive drab canvas bag, stamped on the front with part numbers, "HA3-7, 9104917....

Collection of thirteen Soviet space medals, primarily from the 1980s, including nine accompanied by their original award citation certificates: a 1982

A collection of approximately 350 Soviet commemorative space pins and buttons, various shapes and sizes, commemorating different cosmonauts, missions,

Three aluminum commemorative coins, all approximately 1.25? in diameter, issued between 2005 and 2007, each honoring a different unmanned Sputnik miss

A tall, custom-made model of a Russian Vulkan rocket with eight boosters, measuring 51? tall, with a design based on the Energia booster and intended

Pair of matching cosmonaut gloves with an insulated nylon canvas outer surface and inner pressure glove with pebbled green rubber palm and fingertips,

Large flown film canister used aboard the Russian space station MIR between 1988 and 1992 during several Soyuz missions, measuring 3.5? tall and 7? in

Flown Hasselblad film canister carried on the Salyut-4 spacecraft from December 26, 1974, to February 9, 1975, measuring 3.75 x 3.5 x 2, serial number

Four flown film canisters carried on the Soyuz TM-3 mission, each measuring 2.75? long and 1? in diameter, all wrapped in tape with typed and handwrit

Collection of 15 packages of Russian space food, with cuisine including: dinner bread, crackers, toffee, ginger cookies, caramel, marmalade, cookies,

Flown American Confederate flag carried on the Soyuz TMA-5 mission, 6 x 4, signed on the left side in black felt tip by Flight Engineer Leroy Chiao an

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Leonov during his historic first space walk, signed in silver ink, adding the flight mission and date, March 18, 19

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Tereshkova in her white space suit, signed in black felt tip, “First woman in space...Vostok–6, 16.06—19.06, 1963.”

Uncommon official NASA 10 x 8 semi-glossy photo of the X–15 rocket plane in mid-flight, signed in blue felt tip by Neil Armstrong. In fine condition.

Rare vintage commemorative cover with a stamped cachet honoring Neil Armstrong’s fourth of seven flights while testing the rocket-powered X-15 aircraf

Ballpoint signature, “Neil Armstrong,” adding four rocket plane flights, ”X–1B, X–5, X–14, X–15,” on an off-white 7.75 x 10.75 summary sheet for the X

Flown limited edition signed book: Robert Hutchings Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Limited edition of 1926 copies (This being No. 67). Worcester, M

Milton Orville Thompson’s flight chart map of Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, 26.5 x 40, showing the base and 'Western Defense Ar...

Scott Carpenter's Project Mercury training manual bound within brown cardstock sheets, 9 x 11.5, bearing a white label affixed to the front fill...

Gordon Cooper's Mercury-era personal journal written in pencil and ballpoint, 41 pages on 22 lined loose-leaf 5.5 x 8.5 sheets, plus several add...

Scarce vintage ballpoint signatures of “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” and “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” on a 6.25 x 2.5 Fedders Island souvenir

DS, signed “M. Scott Carpenter,” “Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.,” “Virgil I. Grissom,” “Walter M. Schirra, Jr.,” “Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,” and “D. K. Slayton,” f

An Astronaut Office MSC routing slip, 5.25 x 8, filled out in type with the names of 37 different astronauts, initialed by all and dated by most, with

Color limited edition 21 x 29 lithograph of R. L. Rasmussen’s watercolor of a Mercury rocket entitled ‘Space…The Pioneers,’ numbered 245/300, signed i

Rare limited edition Project Mercury commemorative Spacecraft cover with a Carl Swanson cachet honoring Freedom 7 and astronaut Alan Shepard as the fi

ALS signed “Gordon Cooper, Col USAF (Ret),” one page, 8.5 x 11, January 2, 1993. In part: “I feel very lucky and very privileged to have been in the r

Personal check, 6.25 x 2.75, filled out and signed by Grissom, “Virgil I. Grissom,” payable to The Society of Experimental Test Pilots for $6.25, July

Important flown survival radio transceiver carried on Mercury-Atlas 9, measuring 3 x 4.75 x .75, bearing an affixed label reading: “Rescue Beacon Tran

Exceptional assortment of books from the collection of NASA engineer Max Faget, the designer of the Mercury capsule, comprised entirely of space-relat

Gordon Cooper’s silver ‘senior pilot’ astronaut wings badge produced by Vanguard, measuring 3? long, hallmarked on the reverse, “Vanguard, 1-V, 10K.”

Impressive Collier Trophy awarded to Scott Carpenter as one of the members of the Mercury 7, measuring 13.5? tall with an 8.25 x 8.25 base, engraved o

A segment of umbilical cable from Mercury-Redstone 4, measuring 3.25? long and 2? in diameter, which connected to the Liberty Bell 7 during launch pro

A fuse used in verifying the firing circuits in Mercury and Gemini spacecraft from the collection of Guenter Wendt, measuring 1.25? long, wrapped in t

A limited edition presentation containing a 1.5? long segment of film from Liberty Bell 7’s pilot observation camera, recovered from the Atlantic Ocea

Flown cylindrical component from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The piece measures appro

A cut cross section of the umbilical cable released from the Atlas rocket used to launch John Glenn into orbit on February 20, 1962, measuring approxi

Red hard plastic news reporter’s helmet with affixed decals on the front and sides reading “NBC,” “NBC News,” and “WFGA-TV 12, Jacksonville, Florida.”

Gene Kranz’s operations manual for Mercury-Atlas 9, entitled “Mercury/Atlas Network Countdown,” April 5, 1963, with tabbed sections including “Flight

First day cover with a Friendship 7 launch date postal cancellation, signed along the left side in ink and ballpoint by all nine Group 2 astronauts: “

Flown American flag, 6 x 4, signed on the white lines in black ink, “Flown on Gemini IV, Jim McDivitt.” In fine condition. Accompanied by a certificat

Gordon Cooper’s personally-owned and -worn blue jacket bearing an official NASA ‘meatball’ logo patch on the left breast and a Gemini 5 ‘Eight Days or

Flown metal fragment from the Gemini 5 oxidizer tank, measuring 2.5 x .5, presented in an acrylic block against a wooden 6 x 8 plaque bearing metal pl

A 1964 Kennedy half dollar encased in a cylindrical Lucite display, measuring 1? tall and 2.25? in diameter, engraved on the bottom in dark text: “Gem

Fantastic flown bright red-orange survival switchblade pocket knife carried on the Gemini 6A mission, measuring 4.25? long when closed and 7.25? long

Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 7 crew in their blue flightsuits and helmets, posing with a model of the capsule, signed in black felt ti

A substantial segment of flown heat shield from the Gemini 8 spacecraft, measuring approximately 1.75 x 1 x .5 and encased in a 3 x 2 x 1.5 Lucite blo

Official color NASA 10 x 8 lithograph of the Gemini 9 prime crew posing in their white space suits, signed in black felt tip by Tom Stafford and in in

Staple-bound Gemini 9A final flight plan manual, 197 pages, 8 x 10.5, May 21, 1966, signed on the front cover in black ink, “Thomas P. Stafford, Cdr.

Desirable 1/25 precision scale model of the Gemini 12 capsule with a black presentation stand, signed on the sides of the stand in silver ink by Buzz

Impressive glossy 8.5 x 11 double-weight McDonnell Aircraft Corporation photo of the Gulf Coast area stretching from Texas to Louisiana, signed in bla

Color glossy 7.5 x 7.5 photo of Gemini 11 conducting a tether experiment using the Agena Target Vehicle, matted to an overall size of 16 x 20, signed

Staple-bound Gemini 12 final flight plan manual, 205 pages, 8 x 10.5, October 20, 1966, signed on the front cover in black felt tip, “James Lovell, Co

Three ring-bound double-sided flown cue cards entitled “Computer Failure,” “Platform Failure,” and “Radar Failure,” 3.25 x 8, signed at the top of the

Impressive assemblage of 10 items from the personal collection of Guenter Wendt, Pad Leader for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, including: a

Uncommon Douglas Manned Orbiting Laboratory Contractor's model, manufactured by the Walter J. Hyatt company. The two-piece MOL, approximately 9....

Extremely important original Block I Apollo Guidance computer display and keyboard (DSKY) unit, a predecessor to the Block II intended for application

A Block II Apollo Command Module Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) which comprised the heart of the spacecraft’s primary guidance and navigational contr

Impressive Lunar Module variant ORDEAL (Orbital Rate Display Earth and Lunar) mockup box. The unit measures 9 x 4 x 4.5 and has a Kearfott label affix

Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) Memory Module, measuring 6 x 5.75 x 5.25, produced by IBM under NASA contract number NAS 8-11561. The

An Apollo Command Module rotation hand controller with outer covering removed, presumed unflown, measuring approximately 6.75 x 9 x 2.75, with several

Apollo Command Module Block II Attitude Set control panel, 3.5 x 4.75 x 4.5, with two 24? plastic and Beta cloth-covered umbilicals extending from the

Command Module Post Landing Ventilation Controller Assembly. Unflown assembly measures 6.5 x 8.5 with a single toggle switch labeled “PLVC,” with posi

Apollo-era Command Module Uprighting System Circuit Breaker panel assembly, 12 x 4 x 10.5, complete with its interior components. Designated Panel 278

Apollo Block II Command Service Module Stabilization and Control Subsystem (SCS) Junction Box assembly. Unit measures 6 x 4.5 x 12 and has a metal par

Apollo Command Module Block II Environmental Control System (ECS) Primary/Secondary Radiator Temperature Gauge. Gauge has two meters for measuring tem

Saturn IVB ground control panel, 19 x 17.5, labeled at the top, “S IV B Output,” with a display tube in the center to indicate deflection of the J2 ro

A mount intended for either a rotation controller or translation controller to be installed on the crew couch in an Apollo Command Module, measuring 1

Apollo-era Hasselblad film canister, 3.5 x 3.75 x 3.5, engraved with NASA part numbers, “P/N SEB 33100082-201, S/N 061.” Engraved below the part numbe

Apollo A7L spacesuit oxygen hose. Flexible hose measures almost seven-feet long and features two one-inch diameter rubber hoses feeding into a single

A large Apollo Command Module beta cloth pouch for storing the docking hatch while the Command Module and Lunar Module were docked together, measuring

Saturn solenoid valve, measuring approximately 6.5? x 2?, with its George C. Marshall Space Flight Center metal label stating “Valve Solenoid, Cold He

Beautiful acrylic display containing flown artifacts from all major steps of NASA’s ‘race to the moon,’ measuring 7 x 4 x 1, with each swatch identifi

Seldom-seen collection of ten Heritage Craft and Bendix Launch Support preflight covers from Apollo missions 8–17, each signed in various ink types by

Complete set of official color 8 x 10 and 10 x 8 NASA lithographs of all 12 moonwalkers in their white space suits, signed and inscribed in various in

Gorgeous color limited edition 32 x 23 lithograph of Bean’s painting entitled ‘Hello Universe,’ 152/550, signed in the lower border in pencil by Alan

Signed book: First on the Moon. Book club edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8.5, 511 pages. Signed

Official color semi-glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo featuring the NASA logo, signed in black felt tip by eight key staff members of NASA, incl

Unique Apollo program triangular pennant, 47 x 35, flown over the North American Rockwell headquarters building in 1968, the same year the first manne

Double-sided metal street sign for Samuel C. Phillips Parkway, 30 x 9, featuring a brown background bordered in white, with a “Space Command” logo on

Original unbound simulation manual entitled “LM–3, Procedures Malfunction,” February 24, 1969, 8.5 x 11, approximately 85 sheets, most double-sided, c

Original NASA/Grumman Apollo Lunar Module Transgraphic brochure printed in the mid-1960s in Germany. This brochure measures 8 x 10 and features eight

Uncommon set of four 1969 Fisher space pens, the original brand of ballpoint pens used during the early years of the Apollo program, each measuring 5?

Julius Caesar Crater and Ariadaeus Rille relief sculpture map, manufactured by the Aero Service Corporation, 4.75 x 4.75 x .5, set on a square wooden

Exceptional color 14 x 11 high-quality heavy paperstock photo of the Apollo 1 crew in their blue flight suits, signed in thin felt tip by all three: “

Print of a stamp design honoring the deceased Apollo 1 astronauts by artist Bob Drinon, 11.25 x 8.5, signed on the borders in various inks by an impre

Guenter Wendt’s production draft of the script for ‘From the Earth to the Moon,’ a 1998 TV miniseries on HBO, consisting of a thick 11.75 x 11.5 x 3.5

Flown metal comb personally-owned and -used by Schirra during the Apollo 7 mission, measuring 5 x 1, manufactured by Goody. Presented in a 3.5 x 11.5

Flown Apollo 7 Robbins medal, approximately 1? in diameter, with a raised design on the face featuring the mission insignia. The reverse of the sterli

Flown 9 x 9 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3.5? diameter mission insignia in the center, signed and flight-certified at the bottom in black ink, “This

Flown embroidered Apollo 7 mission patch, 4? in diameter, signed and flight-certified on the reverse in black felt tip, “Flown on Apollo 7, Walt Cunni

Small gray cloth star flown aboard the first manned Apollo mission, measuring about .75? across, with the initials “HS” penned in the center. Affixed

National Aeronautic Association certificate for the Apollo 7 mission’s world record for greatest mass lifted into orbit, 12 x 15, in part: “The Federa