RR Auction: Space Exploration

Rare Project Mercury 'Type M' testing/training left-handed space suit glove built for Mercury-Redstone 3 pilot Alan Shepard, constructed fro...

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,

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

Impressive flown component from Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, recovered from the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999. The sizable fragmen...

FDC featuring the four-cent 'U.S. Man in Space, Project Mercury' postage stamp, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on its day of issue, February 2...

Collection of six artifacts attested to as flown by Florian Noller and deriving from each of the Mercury Program's manned space flights, all of ...

Atlas Rocket Regulator Assembly designed to pressurize the Mercury Atlas launch vehicle's highly refined liquid kerosene fuel tank with helium g...

Group of five original NASA documents and manuals associated with Schirra's Sigma 7 flight, all signed later in black felt tip by Wally Schirra,...

Remarkably early prototype G2-C-1 space suit specifically designed and fitted for Gemini 3 Command Pilot Gus Grissom, with this particular pressure su

Limited edition color glossy 14.25 x 11 print of Cece Bibby's original painting of the Friendship 7, Aurora 7, and Sigma 7 mission emblems, numb...

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...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the Friendship 7 launch, signed in black felt tip, "'God Speed John Glenn,' Friendship 7, 20 Februar...

Semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of Carpenter on the phone with JFK after recovery from his MA-7 mission, signed in blue felt tip, "Talking with Pres. ...

Signed book: For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut. First edition. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2002. Hardcover with dust ja

Three photos: an official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of an astronaut walking towards an MA-6 personnel carrier, signed in blue felt tip, "M. Scot...

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...

Original color glossy 8.5 x 11 photo of Scott Carpenter in his silver Project Mercury suit during training, boldly signed across the top in black felt

Attractive color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy hosting six of the Mercury Seven astronauts

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Gordon Cooper posing in his Mercury space suit against a yellow backdrop, signed in black felt tip, &q...

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of Cooper wearing his Mercury space suit next to a capsule model and surrounded by mist, signed in black felt tip, &q...

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the launch of the sixth manned American space flight, signed in black felt tip, "Mercury Atlas 9 Lift off! G...

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Titan II rocket ready for launch, signed in black felt tip, "Gemini 5 spacecraft at Pad 19 before our rec...

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the launch of the third crewed Gemini flight, signed in black felt tip, "Launch of Gemini 5 for our 8 day wo...

Three official glossy NASA photos, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in blue felt tip by the pictured astronaut, Gordon Cooper, who adds "Faith 7,...

Official glossy 8 x 10 numbered NASA photo (S-63-6125) of MA-9 Pilot Gordon Cooper being helped into his Faith 7 spacecraft during a preflight simulat

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

Commemorative cover with a green cachet honoring Project Mercury, stamped "Cooper" below, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on May 15, 1963, th...

Rare early postal cover postmarked at Pensacola, Florida, on April 6, 1967, signed in black felt tip, "Edw. G. Givens, Jr." and "Ken ...

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of John Glenn posing in his Mercury space suit, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition, with a small ding to the u

Postal Commemorative Society FDC with a patriotic color cachet of the Statue of Liberty, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on February 20, 1962, the launch

Official softcover report published by NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, entitled "Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space F...

Signed book: John Glenn: A Memoir. First edition. NY: Bantam Books, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 422 pages. Signed on the half-title p

Two items: a postal cover with a purple "Salutes Cdr. Schirra" cachet, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on October 3, 1962, the launch day of ...

Small printed facsimile of the front page of The New York Times from February 20, 1962, 3.75 x 7.5, featuring a headline and imagery dedicated to John

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the powerful and beautiful launch of the Friendship 7, signed in black felt tip by Mercury-Atlas 6 pilot John Glenn.

Satin-finish 8.5 x 12 photo of Glenn during his days as a 'Project Bullet' test pilot, signed and inscribed in black felt tip, "To Alan...

FDC with a cachet honoring the recovery of Mercury-Atlas 6 pilot John Glenn by the USS Noa, postmarked on the Noa on February 20, 1962, signed in blac

Color semi-glossy 8 x 10 photo of the iconic group shot of the original seven Mercury astronauts posing together in their silver space suits, signed i

Signed book: Gemini! by Virgil 'Gus' Grissom. First edition, third printing. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5....

Signed book: Starfall by Betty Grissom and Henry Still. First edition. NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 2

Sought-after signed book: The Astronauts by Don Myrus. First edition. NY: Rutledge Books / Grosset & Dunlap, 1961. Hardcover, 8.5 x 11.25, 92 pa...

Limited edition color semi-glossy 10 x 8 composite photo of events celebrating the Mercury program, numbered S 76/90, signed in silver ink by John Gle

Color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of Wally Schirra posing in his silver Mercury space suit next to a spacecraft model, signed in black felt tip, with Sch

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo containing four images of astronaut Wally Schirra during his Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, signed in the lower border in bl

Color glossy 5.75 x 8.25 photo with images of 12 "Astro-Nuts," a group of chimpanzees dressed in various costumes, affixed to the original...

Unissued membership card for Gerry Martin's Interstellar Association of Turtles Club (Outershell Division), 3.75 x 2.25, signed inside in ballpo...

Unissued membership card for the Interstellar Association of Turtles: Real Space Cowboys Division, measures 4.25 x 4 open, signed inside in black ink

Vintage matte-finish 10 x 8 photo of the original Mercury 7 astronauts posing with a model rocket, signed and inscribed in black ink, "To Joe C...

Vintage glossy 10 x 8 photo of Shepard being helped from the original 'Mercury 7 Gondola' of the Johnsville Centrifuge, signed and inscribed...

Superb glossy 8 x 10 full-length photo of Mercury pilot Alan Shepard being lifted aboard the Sikorsky H-34 helicopter following the successful splashd