RR Auction: Space and Aviation

Upper section of a meteorological sounding rocket launched from the Cape's Launch Complex 43 on January 5, 1968, measuring an overall 49? long a...

An impressive example of the RL-10 rocket engine, the world's first liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen rocket engine, developed by Pratt & Whit...

R-4D Reaction Control Engine purge plug, measuring 15? long, with the metal parts bearing stamped and stenciled part numbers, and a hard rubber collar

Saturn solenoid valve, measuring approximately 3.25 x 5, with an affixed George C. Marshall Space Flight Center metal label, “2 way, 2 position soleno

Saturn V launch vehicle Exploding Bridge Wire (EBW) Firing Unit mounted on a 19 x 8 plywood board, with a George C. Marshall Space Flight Center metal

A filter by the Vacco Valve Co., measuring approximately 10.5 x 4 x 2.75, with a George C. Marshall Space Flight Center parts tag wrapped around the l

Exceptional vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Grissom posing in his Mercury suit prior to a training run in the original 'Mercury 7 Gondola' of...

Rare vintage official color glossy 10 x 8 red-numbered NASA photo of White performing an EVA during the Gemini 4 mission, signed in black ink, "...

Gus Grissom’s personally-used Gemini G-4C training glove, presumably affiliated with his role as the backup Command Pilot for the Gemini 6 mission. Co

Official color 8 x 10 NASA lithograph of White posing in his Gemini space suit, signed in black felt tip, "Ed White." In fine condition. A...

Original vintage color glossy 8 x 10 red-numbered NASA photo portraying Edward H. White III during his historic Gemini 4 spacewalk—the first ever cond

Rare set of eight first-generation color glossy NASA photos (six red-numbered), 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, depicting Pilot Ed White during his historic Gemini

Special Apollo 1 mission patch, 6.5? in diameter, constructed of colored thread and gold bullion and affixed to a circular felt mount. In fine conditi

Set of seven vintage official glossy NASA photos of the Apollo 1 crew, ranging in size from 10 x 8 to 7 x 11, with images including: an excellent down

Highly desirable embroidered Apollo 1 mission patch deriving from the personal collection of original Mercury astronaut Deke Slayton. The patch measur

Poignant set of eleven official NASA press releases related to the Apollo 1 tragedy on January 27, 1967, including: release #4, January 27, 1967, list

TLS signed “Robert R. Gilruth,” two pages, 7 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, January 2, 1968. Letter to John F. Meek, in part: "Thank you for the oppo...

Very rare "Report of Toxicological Exposure" issued to James D. Gleaves, a North American Aviation mechanical technician present during th...

Group of three Western Union telegrams relating to the Apollo 1 tragedy on January 27, 1967, each one page, ranging in size from 8.5 x 13.5 to 8.5 x 2

Rare commemorative cover with a stamped blue cachet honoring the tragic AS-204 "First Three Man Apollo Mission," bearing postmarks from th...