RR Auction: Space Exploration

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RR Auction's Spring Space and Aviation sale closes on April 21st! This significant auction features over 700 items, ranging from the dawn of aviation to the commercial spaceflight of today. A large quantity of flown items feature in the sale, including a Space Shuttle computer flown for twenty missions on four Orbiters, Charles Conrad's LM checklist clip flaked with lunar dust, American flags carried by Tom Stafford and Dave Scott, a schematic of the Space Suit EMU flown on Apollo 13, and several other significant pieces. Important autographs include a fully signed Apollo 11 photo of the US flag raising in the Sea of Tranquility, autographs of the Mercury 7 astronauts, and a wealth of other signed photographs. 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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Jim Irwin Signed Photograph9402 - Jim Irwin Signed Photograph
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Classic color glossy 9.75 x 8 photo of LMP Irwin saluting the American flag on the lunar surface, affixed to its original 14 x 13.5 mount, signed and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mary Irwin Signed Book9403 - Mary Irwin Signed Book
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Signed book: To Rule the Night: The Discovery Voyage of Astronaut Jim Irwin. Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1982. Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.75 x 8
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Jim Irwin Handwritten Speech and Signed Photograph9404 - Jim Irwin Handwritten Speech and Signed Photograph
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Handwritten speech by Apollo 15 moonwalker Jim Irwin, unsigned, penned in black ink on yellow notebook sheets, laid over each other to an overall size
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Dave Scott Signed Photograph9405 - Dave Scott Signed Photograph
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Color glossy 8 x 10 photo of Apollo 15 CDR Dave Scott posing in his white space suit with a model of the Lunar Roving Vehicle, neatly signed in blue f
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dave Scott Signed Photograph9406 - Dave Scott Signed Photograph
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Unusual glossy 8 x 10 photo of the Saturn V rollout as seen from the Vehicle Assembly Building, signed in blue felt tip, "Dave Scott." In ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dave Scott and Hermann Oberth Signed Philatelic Souvenir9407 - Dave Scott and Hermann Oberth Signed Philatelic Souvenir
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Philatelic souvenir consisting of a 7 x 11 reproduction of The New York Times front page from July 31, 1971, with the headline "Two Astronauts ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Dave Scott and Jim Irwin9408 - Dave Scott and Jim Irwin
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Two blocks of eight cent 'United States in Space, a Decade of Achievement' stamps individually signed by the Apollo 15 moonwalkers: a block ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Al Worden Signed Commemorative Cover9409 - Al Worden Signed Commemorative Cover
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Limited edition commemorative cover honoring Worden's flight on the Command Module Endeavor, signed in blue felt tip, "Al Worden, Apollo 15...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden Signed Oversized Photograph9410 - Al Worden Signed Oversized Photograph
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Uncommon color satin-finish 20 x 16 photo of a huge crescent Earth hanging over the rolling lunar surface, signed in silver ink, "Crescent eart...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden Signed Print9411 - Al Worden Signed Print
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Color 16.5 x 13 print of CMP Al Worden during his historic Apollo 15 spacewalk, signed in gold ink, "Al Worden, Apollo 15 CMP," who adds, ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's 'NASA First' Philatelic Souvenirs9412 - Al Worden's 'NASA First' Philatelic Souvenirs
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Al Worden's two philatelic souvenirs commemorating two 'NASA firsts,' including: an official glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo with artwork depic...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's 'Red Adair' Zippo Lighter9413 - Al Worden's 'Red Adair' Zippo Lighter
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Al Worden's personally-owned Zippo lighter presented to him during a visit to Red Adair Wild Well Control in Houston, Texas, with the front feat...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Apollo 11 Bronze Medal9414 - Al Worden's Apollo 11 Bronze Medal
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Al Worden's personally-owned medal honoring the first manned lunar landing on the historic Apollo 11 mission. Bronze, 63 mm, 122 gm. One side sh...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Apollo 15 Crew-Signed Cover9415 - Al Worden's Apollo 15 Crew-Signed Cover
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Al Worden's 'Homecoming' commemorative cover with a cachet honoring Worden as the CMP of the Apollo 15 mission, with an "Astronaut,...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Apollo Anniversary Medallions (3)9416 - Al Worden's Apollo Anniversary Medallions (3)
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Al Worden's group lot of three Apollo anniversary medallions, including: a still-sealed bronze-tone medallion honoring the Apollo 11 mission, 1....
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Collection of (7) Apollo 15 Covers9417 - Al Worden's Collection of (7) Apollo 15 Covers
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Al Worden's collection of seven commemorative or first day covers, with cachets honoring or related to the Apollo 15 mission, with one signed in...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Lot of (2) Signed Photographs9418 - Al Worden's Lot of (2) Signed Photographs
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Two oversized signed photographs from Al Worden's personal collection: a color glossy 14 x 11 photo of the Saturn V at Kennedy Space Center, sig...
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Al Worden's Lot of (3) Life Magazines9419 - Al Worden's Lot of (3) Life Magazines
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Group lot of three Life Magazines from the personal collection of Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden: an issue from September 27, 1963, with the front cove
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Lot of (4) Medallions9420 - Al Worden's Lot of (4) Medallions
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Al Worden's lot of four space-related medallions and 'challenge coins,' each approximately 1.75" in diameter, with embossed color d...
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Al Worden's Lot of (6) Air Force Medallions9421 - Al Worden's Lot of (6) Air Force Medallions
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Al Worden's lot of six United States Air Force medallions and 'challenge coins,' each 1.75" or 2" in diameter, with embossed c...
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Al Worden's Lot of (6) Medallions and Challenge Coins9422 - Al Worden's Lot of (6) Medallions and Challenge Coins
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Al Worden's lot of six medallions and 'challenge coins,' each 1.75" or 2" in diameter, with embossed color designs and text to...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Rex Hall Signed Book9423 - Al Worden's Rex Hall Signed Book
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Al Worden's personally-owned signed book: The International Space Station: From Imagination to Reality. Liverpool: British Interplanetary Societ...
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Al Worden's Signed Book9424 - Al Worden's Signed Book
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Al Worden's personally-owned signed book: Hello Earth: Greetings from Endeavour. First edition. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, 1974. Hardcover wi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Al Worden's Signed West Point Book9425 - Al Worden's Signed West Point Book
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Al Worden's personally-owned signed book: West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition. First edition. NY: Warner Books, 2002. Hardcover wit...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 Raytheon Mission Analyzer9426 - Apollo 16 Raytheon Mission Analyzer
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A circular cardstock "Apollo 16 Mission Analyzer" rotating chart made by Raytheon in 1972, measuring 9.5″ in diameter, p...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke Signed Lunar Shaded Relief Chart9427 - Charlie Duke Signed Lunar Shaded Relief Chart
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First edition Lunar Shaded Relief map entitled "Theophilus, LSR - 78" prepared by the Defense Mapping Agency for NASA in September 1978, s...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke's Apollo 16 Insurance Cover9428 - Charlie Duke's Apollo 16 Insurance Cover
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Charlie Duke's Apollo 16 'Type 1' insurance cover with a cachet of the mission insignia and two sets of astronaut wings, bearing an Apri...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Wally Schirra's Flown Apollo 16 Robbins Medallion9429 - Wally Schirra's Flown Apollo 16 Robbins Medallion
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Wally Schirra's flown sterling silver Apollo 16 Robbins medal presented to him by the mission commander, John Young. The medal, approximately 1....
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 Signed Photograph9430 - Apollo 16 Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the historic launch of the Apollo 16 mission, signed in black felt tip by the full crew: "John Young, Apollo...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 Signed Photograph9431 - Apollo 16 Signed Photograph
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Official color semi-glossy 13.75 x 10.75 NASA photo of Commander John Young saluting the American flag as he leaps off the lunar surface during the Ap
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 Signed Photograph9432 - Apollo 16 Signed Photograph
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Color vintage matte-finish 13.75 x 10.75 photo of John Young giving the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) a high-speed workout during his famous 'Grand...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 KSC Brochure9433 - Apollo 16 KSC Brochure
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Original "Apollo 16" brochure published by the John F. Kennedy Space Center, eight pages, 10.5 x 8, offering a brief history of Project Ap...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 Flown Cheese Crackers9434 - Apollo 16 Flown Cheese Crackers
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Flown packet of cheese crackers carried to the moon aboard the Command Module Casper during the Apollo 16 mission. The package label, marked "C...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Apollo 16 Flown Pyro System Schematic Fragment9435 - Apollo 16 Flown Pyro System Schematic Fragment
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Flown Pyro System schematic section from a data book flown to the moon's surface aboard the Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, approximately 1.5 x 1....
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Apollo 16 Geologic Maps of Lunar Landing Site9436 - Apollo 16 Geologic Maps of Lunar Landing Site
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Pair of color Apollo 16 pre-mission geological maps of the Descartes region of the moon by Daniel J. Milton and Carroll Ann Hodges, published by the U
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Alan Bean Signed Giclee Print: 'John Young Leaps into History'9437 - Alan Bean Signed Giclee Print: 'John Young Leaps into History'
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Limited edition color 20.25 x 28 giclee print of Alan Bean's painting entitled 'John Young Leaps into History,' numbered 116/150, signed...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke Signed Apollo 16 Lunar Orbit Chart9438 - Charlie Duke Signed Apollo 16 Lunar Orbit Chart
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Color first edition of the Apollo 16 Lunar Orbit Chart, scale 1:11,000,000 at the equator, 41 x 12, dated February 16, 1972, signed in blue felt tip j
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke Signed Book and Program9439 - Charlie Duke Signed Book and Program
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Signed book: Moonwalker. First edition. Nashville, TN: Oliver Nelson, 1990. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 284 pages. Signed and inscribed o
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Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph9440 - Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph
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Color glossy 16 x 20 photo of LMP Buzz Aldrin standing next to the Solar Wind Composition Experiment during the Apollo 11 mission, signed in gold ink,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke Signed Apollo-Era Parachute Fabric9441 - Charlie Duke Signed Apollo-Era Parachute Fabric
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Unflown Apollo-era 9.5 x 11.75 piece of orange-and-white parachute fabric, signed in black felt tip, "'Our Life Insurance, Charlie Duke, Ap...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke (2) Signed Photographs9442 - Charlie Duke (2) Signed Photographs
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Two signed photos: an official color glossy 9.75 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo (AS16-116-18653) of Duke scooping up samples of the lunar surface, signed
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Charlie Duke Signed Panoramic Photograph9443 - Charlie Duke Signed Panoramic Photograph
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Impressive semi-glossy 40.5 x 14.5 panoramic photo of LMP Charlie Duke collecting lunar samples at the rim of Plum crater during an Apollo 16 EVA, sig
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Charlie Duke Signed Lunar Map9444 - Charlie Duke Signed Lunar Map
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First edition 'Lunar Map' entitled "Theophilus LM 78," prepared and published by the Defense Mapping Agency for NASA in September ...
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Charlie Duke Signed EVA Chart9445 - Charlie Duke Signed EVA Chart
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Uncommon 22 x 17 NASA chart detailing the "Planned Apollo 16 Traverses, Descartes," prepared by the Mapping Sciences Branch at Houston'...
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Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph9446 - Charlie Duke Signed Oversized Photograph
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Outstanding color glossy 23.5 x 23.5 full-length photo of Charlie Duke saluting the American flag during the penultimate Apollo moon-landing mission,
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Charlie Duke Signed Guidebook9447 - Charlie Duke Signed Guidebook
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Uncommon NASA guidebook entitled On the Moon with Apollo 16: A Guidebook to the Descartes Region, April 1972, 8 x 10.25, 90 pages, signed on the front
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Charlie Duke Signed Photograph9448 - Charlie Duke Signed Photograph
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Sharp glossy 8 x 10 photo of Duke during a suit pressure integrity check prior to launch, signed in black felt tip, "Charlie Duke, Apollo 16.&q...
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Charlie Duke Signed Photograph9449 - Charlie Duke Signed Photograph
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Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of Charlie Duke posing in his white space suit with a lunar globe, signed in black felt tip. In fine condition,
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Charlie Duke Signed Photograph9450 - Charlie Duke Signed Photograph
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Color satin-finish 14 x 11 photo of LMP Duke saluting the American flag at the Apollo 16 landing site, beautifully signed in gold ink, "On the ...
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Charlie Duke Signed Panoramic Photograph9451 - Charlie Duke Signed Panoramic Photograph
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Color semi-glossy 22 x 11.25 panoramic photo of LMP Charlie Duke collecting lunar samples at the rim of Plum crater during an Apollo 16 EVA, signed in
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