RR Auction: Space Exploration

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RR Auction's annual autumn Space sale features an extraordinary assortment of nearly 700 lots, including the first-ever public auction of an Apollo Guidance Computer (plus other items from the collection of MIT software engineer Don Eyles), a Book of Mormon carried to the moon by John Young for NASA's astronaut photographer, Edgar Mitchell's lunar surface-worn PLSS backpack strap, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft hand controllers, a variety of space suit parts, and a multitude of rare meteorites—including actual pieces of the moon! Autographs also abound, with signed photos of the Apollo crews and moonwalkers like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Wernher von Braun's handwritten calculations for a Mars mission, and a huge variety of other interesting formats. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts, and is known as a space market leader.
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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Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph2522 - Guenter Wendt Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Guenter Wendt kneeling next to a capsule with open hatch, signed in black felt tip, "Guenter F. Wendt, Pad l...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charles Conrad's Skylab Training Suit2523 - Charles Conrad's Skylab Training Suit
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Charles Conrad's mustard-color flight suit used during training for the first manned Skylab mission, signed on the chest in black felt tip, &quo...
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Joe Kerwin's 2TV-1 Test Mission Archive2524 - Joe Kerwin's 2TV-1 Test Mission Archive
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Tremendous collection of material from astronaut Joe Kerwin’s role as a crew-member for the testing of the CSM-008 and the CSM-098, or 2TV-1 (Block II
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Rusty Schweickart Skylab Trouser Assembly2525 - Rusty Schweickart Skylab Trouser Assembly
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Impressive pair of gold-colored trousers made for astronaut Rusty Schweickart during training exercises for the Skylab 2 mission at the Lyndon B. John
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Skylab 4 Signed Beta Cloth2526 - Skylab 4 Signed Beta Cloth
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A 9.25 x 8.25 swatch of Beta cloth bearing a 3.5? diameter of the Skylab 4 mission insignia in the center, signed in black ink by Bill Pogue, and in b
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab Final Flight Mission Rules Manual2527 - Skylab Final Flight Mission Rules Manual
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Uncommon staple-bound NASA manual entitled "Skylab, Final Flight Mission Rules, Revision B," deriving from the personal collection of a lo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Skylab Flown Oxygen Supply Tank Fragment2528 - Skylab Flown Oxygen Supply Tank Fragment
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Flown fragment of a Skylab oxygen supply tank recovered in Western Australia after the space station’s fiery reentry in 1979, approximately 1.5 x 1.25
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Skylab XUV Spectroheliograph Film Magazine2529 - Skylab XUV Spectroheliograph Film Magazine
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Film magazine designed for the Skylab S-082B ultraviolet spectroheliograph experiment, comprising the large film magazine and its locking canister ass
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz American Crew Signed Covers2530 - Apollo-Soyuz American Crew Signed Covers
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Three covers signed by the American crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, including a launch day cover, Atlantic Recovery Force cover, and FDC, each
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz American Crew Signed Covers2531 - Apollo-Soyuz American Crew Signed Covers
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Two covers signed by the American crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: a recovery cover flown on one of the helicopters deployed from the USS New Or
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz American Crew Signed Photograph and Cover2532 - Apollo-Soyuz American Crew Signed Photograph and Cover
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Two items signed by the American crew of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: an official color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the astronauts in their white spac
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz American Prime and Backup Crews Signed Cover2533 - Apollo-Soyuz American Prime and Backup Crews Signed Cover
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Commemorative cover with a cachet of the official Apollo-Soyuz emblem, signed in various inks by the American prime crew of Tom Stafford, Vance Brand,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz Group of (5) Signed Photographs2534 - Apollo-Soyuz Group of (5) Signed Photographs
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Group of five Russian matte-finish 3.75 x 5.75 postcard portraits of the ASTP crew, individually signed in black ink by Deke Slayton, Tom Stafford, Va
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz Program2535 - Apollo-Soyuz Program
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Uncommon program for an event celebrating "The 15th Anniversary of the Joint USA-USSR Space Mission" as presented by the Aerospace Histori...
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Apollo-Soyuz Signed Cover2536 - Apollo-Soyuz Signed Cover
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Apollo-Soyuz Test Project launch day cover postmarked at Cape Canaveral on July 15, 1975, and also postmarked on the July 17th docking date, fully sig
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Apollo-Soyuz Signed Covers2537 - Apollo-Soyuz Signed Covers
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Two covers associated with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: an American FDC with a cachet honoring ASTP, signed in black ink by American crewmen Vance B
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz Signed Photograph2538 - Apollo-Soyuz Signed Photograph
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Uncommon 7.75 x 4.75 magazine photo of the ASTP crew, signed in various inks by Deke Slayton, Vance Brand, Tom Stafford, Valeri Kubasov, and Alexei Le
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo-Soyuz Signed Recovery Cover2539 - Apollo-Soyuz Signed Recovery Cover
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Apollo-Soyuz Test Project recovery cover with a cachet honoring the US Navy Pacific Recovery Force, postmarked in San Francisco on the Apollo recovery
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Bean and Alexei Leonov Signed Photograph2540 - Alan Bean and Alexei Leonov Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Alexei Leonov and Alan Bean during the first day of joint training for historic Apollo–Soyuz Test Project, signed i
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Valeri Kubasov Signed ASTP Book2541 - Valeri Kubasov Signed ASTP Book
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Soviet facsimile editions of the three books carried on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (with facsimile signatures of the crewmen on the covers), releas
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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