RR Auction: Space Exploration

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RR Auction's Fall Space and Aviation sale closes on October 20th! This high-flying auction features over 800 items, ranging from the dawn of aviation to the commercial spaceflight of today. A large quantity of flown items are featured in the sale, including a pair of pages from Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight plan timeline, the electronic module worn inside Gene Cernan’s Snoopy Cap during Apollo 17, a Space Shuttle General Purpose Computer that flew on a combined twenty STS missions between 1981 and 1991, and an extremely rare 1-dollar bill recovered from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. Our bidders can expect a terrific assemblage of astronaut and cosmonaut autographs, hard-to-find vintage space models, early NASA hardware and literature, and, the meilleur du meilleur, Wally Schirra’s 18k solid yellow gold Omega Speedmaster Professional watch, a one-of-a-kind timepiece presented exclusively to NASA’s earliest astronauts. 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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STS-6 Flown Crew Patch and Signed Display7663 - STS-6 Flown Crew Patch and Signed Display
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Color glossy 10 x 12.25 composite photo of four images from the STS‰ÛÒ6 mission, featuring a flown embroidered mission patch
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-65 Flown Flag7664 - STS-65 Flown Flag
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Flown flag commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, 5.25 x 3, carried aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS-65 mission
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-70 Flown KSC Fire Patch7665 - STS-70 Flown KSC Fire Patch
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Flown John F. Kennedy Space Center Fire Department patch, 4è in diameter, which was carried into low Earth orbit for eight days durin
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle (2) Items: STS-82 Flown Payload Bay Liner and STS-94 Thermal Insulation - Both Inscrib7666 - Space Shuttle (2) Items: STS-82 Flown Payload Bay Liner and STS-94 Thermal Insulation - Both Inscrib
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Two Space Shuttle items inscribed as being flown‰ÛÓa substantial 32è x 7.25è piece of paylo
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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STS-95 Signed Photograph7667 - STS-95 Signed Photograph
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Uncommon color 10 x 8 NASA lithograph of the crew of STS-95, the historic return to space for Senator John Glenn, signed in black felt tip by John Gle
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paul Weitz's STS-6 Flown Flight Plan Page7668 - Paul Weitz's STS-6 Flown Flight Plan Page
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Flown two-sided checklist page carried on board STS-6, 10.5 x 8, dated March 28, 1983, signed and flight-certified on one side in blue ballpoint, &q...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Women in Space Signed First Day Cover7669 - Women in Space Signed First Day Cover
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FDC with a silk cachet honoring women in space, signed in ink by six pioneering female astronauts: Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Rhea Seddon, Anna Lee Fish
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Frangible Bolt7670 - Frangible Bolt
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Program affiliation undetermined (may be Space Shuttle). Pyrotechnically actuated bolt, measuring approximately 7.5" x 4" x 4", weigh...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Honeywell Inertial Navigation System7671 - Honeywell Inertial Navigation System
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Interesting inertial guidance system developed by Honeywell and used at Johnson Space Center, possibly for testing as a candidate system for the Space
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Disposable Urine Collection Device7672 - Space Shuttle Disposable Urine Collection Device
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Space Shuttle EVA Disposable Urine Collection Device (UCD), manufactured by Boeing Aerospace, with an identification patch sewn to the device, reading
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Enhanced Life Preserver Unit7673 - Space Shuttle Enhanced Life Preserver Unit
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Space Shuttle Enhanced Life Preserver Unit (ELPU) developed by Mustang Survival/Meta Research to address the in-water mobility deficiency experienced
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Flown Arriflex Film Magazine7674 - Space Shuttle Flown Arriflex Film Magazine
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Arriflex 16mm film magazine flown on STS-57, STS-63, and other flights as per NASA label on bag. It measures 8.75è x 7è
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Flown General Purpose Computer: CPU and IOP - 20 Missions!7675 - Space Shuttle Flown General Purpose Computer: CPU and IOP - 20 Missions!
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Flown Space Shuttle General Purpose Computer (GPC) built by IBM, comprised of two units: the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and the Input/Output Proces
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Estimate : 50,000.00 - 60,000.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Hubble Space Telescope Solar Array Carrier (SAC) Isolator Assembly7676 - Space Shuttle Hubble Space Telescope Solar Array Carrier (SAC) Isolator Assembly
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Solar array carrier isolator intended for application in the Space Shuttle Payload Bay as part of the cradle assembly that retained the Hubble Space T
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Satellite Extension and Deployment Arm7677 - Space Shuttle Satellite Extension and Deployment Arm
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Space Shuttle Satellite Extension and Deployment Arm, measuring 112.5" (9.3å«) in length, with one end terminating in a hard rubber kn
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle Seat Cushion Assembly7678 - Space Shuttle Seat Cushion Assembly
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Space Shuttle seat cushion assembly, measuring 15.5è x 14.5è x 1.5è, with identification tag sewn o
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Space Shuttle-era NASA JSC Centrifuge7679 - Space Shuttle-era NASA JSC Centrifuge
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Space Shuttle-era rack-mountable centrifuge for a Low Gravity Stress Analysis Experiment at Johnson Space Center, measuring 19è
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Spacehab Storage Locker Assembly [Attested to as Flown by Astrotech]7680 - Spacehab Storage Locker Assembly [Attested to as Flown by Astrotech]
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Attested to as flown by Astrotech‰ÛÓSpacehab module storage locker, 18.5 x 11.5 x 25.75, with the McDonnell Douglas inventory
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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STS-103 Flown Propellant Line Shear Frangible Nut7681 - STS-103 Flown Propellant Line Shear Frangible Nut
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Both halves of a frangible nut from the External Tank (ET) umbilical plate of Space Shuttle Discovery flown on STS-103, measuring approximately 1.75...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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STS-103 Flown Shuttle Nose Gear Pyro Extension Thruster7682 - STS-103 Flown Shuttle Nose Gear Pyro Extension Thruster
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Flown nose landing gear extension pyrotechnic thruster utilized by the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-103, measuring approximately 12‰
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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