RR Auction: The NASA Collection of Leon Ford

Handsome matte-finish 4.75 x 6.5 portrait of von Braun, signed in black ink. In fine condition, with neatly trimmed edges.

American aviator and USAF astronaut (1930–1967) who became America’s first space mission fatality when his X–15 aircraft broke apart on its seventh te

Unique 8 x 10 photo of the Mercury Freedom 7 prior to launch, neatly mounted and lacquered on a 12 x 14 wooden frame, and prominently signed and inscr

Floodlight from the gantry structure of Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, signed on the top of the lamp in black felt tip, "Alan Shepard, MR-...

Historic silver Mercury Head dime recovered from Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft almost 38 years to the day after the Mercury capsule and its

Mercury-Atlas 8 Mission Rules manual bound at the top with a metal bar, 11 x 9, dated August 3, 1962, on the first page, signed on the front cover in

Impressive Sigma 7 hand-painted logo on a curved shingle panel, measuring 18 x 10, designed by artist Cece Bibby for the spacecraft that carried astro

Kranz’s cardstock NASA M/A-9 Operations badge bearing an image of the capsule, 2 x 2.75, filled out in type, “Kranz, E. F., NASA/MSC.” Reverse is seri

Color limited edition 19.75 x 27 print entitled ‘Mercury and Beyond,’ numbered 5/50 AP, depicting the Mercury rocket launching off the coast of Cape C

Large and patriotic display of items from the 40th anniversary of Americans in Orbit celebration held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on F