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Amazing large Sericho pallasite meteorite (Kenya) slice, featuring a large quantity of olivine crystals accounting for about 70% of the area of the cu

Attractive Sericho pallasite meteorite (Kenya) slice, featuring a large quantity of olivine crystals on the cut face, with an attractive color palette

Extraordinary large Sericho pallasite meteorite (Kenya) matched end cuts with polished faces, featuring large quantities of olivine crystals on the cu

Fantastic El Boludo stone meteorite (Mexico) polished end cut, showing distinct shock veins (dark lines) that were likely caused by tremendous impacts

El Boludo stone meteorite (Mexico) slice and whole individual, paired to show the interior and exterior of the meteorite. The full slice weighs 23.7 g

Immensely desirable NWA 11474 lunar meteorite slice, found in 2017 and acquired in Mauritania. The full slice weighs 4.72 grams and measures approxima

Excellent Canyon Diablo iron meteorite slice and whole individual, originating from the iconic ‘Meteor Crater’ area in Arizona, the most famous meteor

Superb Campo del Cielo iron meteorite (Argentina), boasting a beautiful sculptural 'arrowhead' shape and showing extremely well-formed regma...

Large Campo del Cielo iron meteorite (Argentina), found deeply buried in South America using metal detectors and showing large and well-formed regmagl

Appealing Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite, featuring an unusual protruding 'thumb' and a surface entirely covered by regmaglypts: small oval ind...

Desirable Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite, featuring an interesting zoomorphic shape (resembling a whale, camel, kangaroo, bird, or elephant’s head, depen

Sizable Gao-Guenie stone meteorite from the witnessed fall over Burkina Faso, Africa, on March 5, 1960. The complete stone weighs 302.5 grams and meas

Remarkable NWA 11228 lunar meteorite, discovered in 2017 in Northwest Africa; it is given a number, "11228," because the exact location of...

Appealing NWA 11474 lunar meteorite fragment, found in 2017 and acquired in Mauritania. The small fragment weighs 1.05 grams and measures approximatel

Important Odessa iron meteorite from the collection of the Institute of Meteoritics at the University of New Mexico, recovered in 1922 in Ector County

Handsome Chinga iron ataxite meteorite slice, impressively polished to a mirror finish on both sides. The full slice weighs 175.2 grams and measures a

Al Haggounia 001 stone meteorite, nicely cut into two matching halves with both faces polished. The matched pair weighs 103.6 grams and (put together)

Superior NWA 7998 stone meteorite, showing a showing rich black fusion crust formed by burning in Earth's atmosphere, as well as abundant distin...

Extremely rare NWA 6704 stone achondrite meteorite slice, exhibiting a green hue with mysterious 'bubble trains' suspended in orthopyroxene....

Desirable NWA 11342 stone diogenite meteorite slice, recovered in Northwest Africa. The full slice weighs 19.7 grams and measures approximately 76 mm

Extremely rare NWA 6963 Martian meteorite slice, found in the deserts of Northwest Africa. The partial slice weighs 4 grams and measures approximately

Handsome Agoudal iron meteorite (Morocco) slice, exhibiting an attractive Widmanstatten pattern. The full etched slice weighs 303.9 grams and measures

Group of six small whole stone meteorites, displayed with shockwave glass, from the iconic Chelyabinsk meteor which fell over the southern Ural region

Superb NWA 5950 stone (CV3) meteorite end cut recovered in Algeria in 2009, exhibiting chondrules: the small, colorful, glassy spheres seen in this ex

Fantastic Gebel Kamil iron meteorite (Egypt) slice and whole specimen, paired to show the interior and exterior of the meteorite. The full polished sl

German astronomer (1893–1960) who worked at Mount Wilson Observatory from 1931 to 1958, where, during World War II, he was able to resolve stars in th

French astronomer (1853–1948) who was director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories, and who invented the spectroheliograph and carried out intensive

Scottish astronomer (1843–1914) known for measuring astronomical distances, for astrophotography, and for geodesy; he famously photographed the Great

American astronomer (1909–2002) who studied under Donald H. Menzel and Fred L. Whipple at Harvard, developed a new spectrograph and a wide-field camer

American astronomer (1885–1967) who specialized in photometry and served as the first director of the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket, Massach

American astronomer (1920–2013) best known for his discovery, with Guillermo Haro, of Herbig–Haro objects: bright patches of nebulosity excited by bip

Danish chemist and astronomer (1873–1967) who, with Henry Norris Russell, developed the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, a scatter plot showing the relati

American astronomer (1891–1972) who, though he had no formal education, was hired at Mount Wilson Observatory in 1919. He assisted Edwin Hubble in for

British theoretical astrophysicist (1935–2018) who was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centers. ALS, on

Edmund Neville Nevill, elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society under the name Edmund Neison (1849–1940), was known for his popular books on

Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (1893–1985) who spent his postwar career at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland and won several importan

Danish astronomer and astrophysicist (1908–1987) who made momentous contributions to the understanding of the chemical composition of stars and served

English astronomer (1890–1960) who became renowned as an authority on positional astronomy and served as Astronomer Royal for 23 years; he infamously

German astronomer (1886–1933) from the prolific Struve family, who analyzed the movements of the moons of Saturn and Uranus. ALS in German, signed “G.

Official color glossy 10 x 8 NASA photo of an artist's depiction of Pluto, signed in the upper border in black felt tip, "Clyde W. Tombaugh...

Dutch astronomer (1901–1995) who served as director of Swarthmore College's Sproul Observatory from 1937 to 1972, specializing in the study of p...

Fountain pen signature, “Amelia Earhart,” on a pink 3.75 x 1.5 slip affixed inside a vintage 5 x 7.25 Waterman’s autograph album, which also contains

Two desirable flown fabric presentations created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, each measuring 15 x 20: one features a

Airmail cover stamped with a first-flight cachet, "First Flight, 7 Days N. Y. to Buenos Aires," boldly signed in the upper left corner in ...

TLS, two pages, 8.5 x 11, July 12, 1969. Letter to Nelson Buhler concerning the Baruch award, in full: “On returning from several weeks abroad, I find

TLS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” three pages, 8.5 x 11, July 22, 1963. Letter to G. Edward Pendray regarding the book The Guggenheim Medalists: Arch

Boldly signed TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 20, 1971. Letter to Ted DuBay, in full: "Thanks for your Christmas Gree...

Vintage fountain pen signature, "Orville Wright,” on an off-white 4 x 2.5 card bearing two affixed clippings. In fine condition. Accompanied by...

German rocket scientist and engineer (1915–1996) who arrived in America under Project Paperclip on November 16, 1945. He worked with the Wernher von B

German rocket scientist and engineer (June 26, 1915–July 3, 1996) who arrived in America under Project Paperclip on November 16, 1945. He worked with

Set of seven high-quality color lithographs, 11 x 17 and 17 x 11, depicting projects completed by McDonnell, with subjects including: the Mercury Spac

Four items, each signed in blue or black ink, "H. Oberth," with formats including: an off-white 4.25 x 7 book page showing the telescopic ...

Physicist and engineer (1894-1989) known for his pioneering work in rocketry and astronautics. Color glossy 4 x 5.75 postcard photo of Oberth, signed

Collection of 24 postal covers signed by a total of 25 German–US rocket pioneers of the V-2 wartime era through NASA's Apollo and Space Shuttle ...

Exceptional circa 1950s die cast model of the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky posing triumphantly beside a large metal rocket, standin

American space scientist at the University of Iowa (1914–2006) who was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space; the

Fountain pen signature, "Wernher von Braun," on an off-white 3.5 x 2.25 card, and a blue ink signature, "Walter R. Dornberger," ...

Signed book: The Mars Project. First edition. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1953. Hardcover with dust jacket, 7.25 x 9.25, 91 pages. Signe

ALS in pencil, signed “Wernher,” three pages on two lined sheets, 8 x 10.5, March 6, 1958. Letter to fellow rocket scientist Ernst Stuhlinger, in part

A superb archive of 26 items by Dr. Wernher von Braun related to the iconic ‘Man Will Conquer Space Soon!’ series, which appeared in Collier’s Magazin

An interesting cosmonaut pilot survival kit contained within an olive drab canvas bag, stamped on the front with part numbers, "HA3-7, 9005113....

Impressive collection of 52 items signed by dozens of cosmonauts, predominately consisting of philatelic covers plus a few signed cards, many multi-si

Superb collection of 21 signed official KNIGA covers commemorating Russian space achievements, including the complete set of covers for the six Vostok

Vintage matte-finish 7.25 x 5.25 group photo of eleven pioneering cosmonauts, signed in the lower border in ink or felt tip by Yuri Gagarin, Gherman T

Rare hollow-cast Soviet bust of Yuri Gagarin as a pilot, made in Leningrad, measuring 6 x 9.5 x 3.5, weighing 8.75 pounds, etched on the reverse with

Vintage fountain pen signature of Yuri Gagarin on an orange-brown 4.5 x 2.25 slip. In fine condition, with paperclip impressions at the edges. Accompa

Color 4 x 6 Russian postcard depicting Gagarin in uniform, signed vertically in blue ballpoint; the postcard also bears a preprinted facsimile signatu

Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut (1927–1967) who became the first spaceflight casualty during Soyuz-1 when a parachute failure caused his capsule to cr

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Alexei Leonov and Valentina Tereshkova together in June 1963, signed in blue felt tip by both. In very fine conditi

Color limited edition 32 x 17.75 print of an Alexei Leonov painting entitled 'Seagull', numbered 58/950, depicting Valentina Tereshkova in s...

Scarce color semi-glossy 9.5 x 7 half-length photo of Alexei Leonov and Valery Kubasov holding a model of the docked Apollo Command/Service Module and

Uncommon color 23.75 x 17.5 canvas print stretched over a wooden frame depicting Leonov performing the first-ever EVA, signed in silver ink, “Alexei L

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Alexei Leonov conducting the first-ever spacewalk, signed in gold ink, adding, "First spacewalker," the...

Satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Leonov in his space suit, signed twice in black felt tip, adding, "1st Spacewalker," and the date, "18 0...

Soviet military commander (1902–1960) who served as Chief Marshal of the Artillery in the Soviet Armed Forces. He was killed in an explosion at Baikon

Pair of matching gloves for an Orlan EVA space suit featuring an insulated nylon canvas outer surface and inner pressure glove with pebbled green rubb

Three aluminum commemorative coins, all approximately 1.25? in diameter, issued between 2005 and 2007, each honoring a different unmanned Sputnik miss

Impressive Cold War–era Soviet banner from an airplane parts manufacturing plant, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, measurin

Attractive bronze-plated sculpture of a 'Stratonaut,' standing 7.25? tall and set upon a black pentagonal base with missing plaque. In fine ...

Semi-glossy 8 x 10 half-length photo of Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova posing together, both signing in silver ink. In fine condition.

Russian print featuring an illustration of the first woman in space, 5.75 x 8.25, signed in blue ballpoint by Tereshkova. In fine condition.

Air Force pilot (1930–1964) selected as part of the third group of astronauts. He was killed on October 31, 1964, when a goose smashed through the coc

Theodore C. Freeman's deputy sheriff badge issued by Harris County, Texas, engraved with his name on the lower tablet, "Ted C. Freeman,&quo...

Excellent glossy 10 x 8 photo of a soaring Bell X1-6062 aircraft, signed in black felt tip by eight legendary test pilots: "Chuck Yeager,"...

Group of six items signed by a multitude of noted test pilots, including: a color satin-finish 7 x 5 photo of X-15 pilots, signed in various inks by B

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of a whirring airplane propellor with three test planes seen in the background, signed in black felt tip by Chuck Yeager and Bob H

Limited edition flown postal cover, 7.5 x 4, with a cachet honoring the 25th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's Mach 2.44 X–1A flight on December 12,...

Attractive glossy 10 x 8 half-length photo of Brigadier General Chuck Yeager and another officer speaking with Hollywood legend, Major General James S

Glossy 10 x 8 photo of Yeager leaning from the cockpit of his Bell X-1 'Glamorous Glennis,' signed in black felt tip. In very fine condition.

Limited edition color 25 x 37.5 print of a Scott Tucker painting depicting Chuck Yeager in his pilot uniform and three of his famous planes, numbered

Small section of a flown Eagle Picher battery on a 1 x 1 metal plate bearing the company's logo, engraved on the reverse, "Piece of EP Batt...

Two early items: a TLS signed "M. Scott Carpenter," one page, 7.5 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, October 5, 1961, to Miss Marquita Park...

Two early items: a TLS signed "Leroy G. Cooper, Jr.," one page, 7.75 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, October 2, 1961, to Miss Marquita P...

Desirable pairing of Gordon Cooper items: one page of Cooper's handwritten notes in pencil related to his spacecraft's Reaction Control Syst...

Two printed Mercury-Atlas 9 launch engineering drawings on McDonnell Aircraft Corporation drafting paper, 17 x 11, each signed in the margin in ballpo

TLS signed “John H. Glenn, Jr.,” one page, 7.75 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, October 31, 1961. Letter to Marquita Park, in full: "Thank yo...

ALS signed “Virgil,” two pages both sides, 7.75 x 10, Project Mercury letterhead, October 7, 1961. Letter to his mother. In full: “I just got home fro

Rare ALS signed “Virgil,” four pages on two sheets, 6.75 x 10, illustrated Southwest-style letterhead, December 2, 1950. Letter to his mother, Cecile

Vintage official glossy 8.5 x 10 black-numbered NASA photo of Gus Grissom posing in front of a Mercury rocket model, signed in black ink, "Virg...

Limited edition flown original piece of film from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft, issued in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of