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

Distinctive hand-drawn display depicting the Mercury and Gemini spacecraft and listing the names of each mission, 16.5 x 18.5, signed in felt tip and

Flown double-sided electrical-fuel cell control schematic carried aboard the Gemini 5 mission, 17 x 10.5, signed and flight-certified in black felt ti

Display of four color photos commemorating Gemini IX astronauts Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan, ranging in size from 7 x 6 to 7 x 9.25, including: an

Scarce flown Gemini 6 Fliteline gold-plated medallion, 1? diameter, with the front featuring a raised design of the mission insignia and the reverse e

Important flown complete extravehicular activity checklist used on Gemini 9A, consisting of eleven double-sided cardstock pages bound with two metal r

Flown American flag carried on the Gemini 10 mission, 6 x 4, signed and flight-certified in black ink, “Carried aboard Gemini X to a world altitude re

Flown surgical scissors carried aboard the Gemini 10 mission, measuring 8.25? long, hand-engraved on the side with the NASA part number, “P/N 20542,”

Flown penlight carried on the Gemini 11 mission manufactured by Whirlpool, measuring approximately 5.5? long, with the body wrapped in Velcro and bear

Flown rotating circular star chart carried on the Gemini 11 mission, 9.5? in diameter, depicting the constellations seen at launch and with several af

Kranz’s laminated badge for the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Mission Control Center-Houston, 2.25 x 3.75, stamped with his name, “Kranz, Eugene F.,”