RR Auction: Space Exploration

Soviet commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, signed in black felt tip by Alexei Leonov and in blue ballpoint by Ge

Two identical commemorative covers with cachets honoring the US–USSR Space Treaty by which an Apollo spacecraft would dock with a Soyuz laboratory, on

Two items from the personal collection of astronaut Deke Slayton: a white 5.5 x 5.75 swatch of Beta cloth featuring the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project miss

An interesting cosmonaut pilot survival kit contained within an olive drab canvas bag, stamped on the front with part numbers, "HA3-7, 8904931....

Impressive display of six KNIGA covers, all with cachets commemorating the Soviet space achievements of the Vostok program, issued and canceled to mar

Vacuum-sealed packet of M&Ms designed for a Russian space mission, 5.5 x 3, with label on front in English and Cyrillic, "Candy Coated Choc...

Appealing Russian-language color 4.25 x 6 postcard photo of legendary cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in his military uniform, signed vertically in blue ballpo

Scarce blue Penguin exercise suit attributed to cosmonaut Yury Onufriyenko. The well-padded full-body suit with zip-up front consists of internal elas

Flown backup EVA Orlan space suit mirror brought back from the Mir space station by cosmonaut Gennady Padalka following the Soyuz TM-28 mission. The m

Desirable pair of cosmonaut gloves from a Sokol-KV2 Rescue Suit suit made for Valeri Polyakov, holder of humanity's record for the longest singl...

Communications headset for a Russian Sokol space suit, featuring black leather ear cups, twin microphones, black mesh cap, and tan suede lining. The w

Flown heating and air-conditioning unit removed from a Soyuz 7K-LOK (Lunniy Orbitalny Korabl) spacecraft, measuring 18? x 14? x 13.5?, with 7? blower

Superb collection of 26 Soviet commemorative covers signed in various ink types by the crews of Soyuz missions 3 through 28, with the exception of any

Flown electronic onboard clock carried aboard a Soyuz TM capsule, 5.75 x 4.5 x 4, which provides the current Moscow time in one-second increments, ann

Appealing color 22 x 33.5 poster for the XX Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (ASE), which took place in Edinburgh, Scotland be

Sergei Zalyotin’s pair of flown Sokol KV-2 space suit gloves worn aboard the Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft as part of Mir EO-28, the final manned spaceflight

Sought-after Soviet commemorative cover, 6.5 x 4.5, signed in ink and felt tip by a total of 16 cosmonaut pioneers, including: Georgy Beregovoy, Andri

Color 19 x 26 poster of the decorated cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, signed and inscribed in the lower border in red ballpoint in Cyrillic by his mother, Ann

Two commemorative covers signed by the crew of Voskhod 2: a Czech cover signed in blue ink by Alexei Leonov and black ink by Pavel Belyayev; and a Sov

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Alexei Leonov conducting the first-ever spacewalk, signed and inscribed in silver ink to legendary American astrona