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American balloonist (1832–1913) whose Union balloon corps tracked enemy movements, known as the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United

NASA Apollo 13 Translunar/Transearth Trajectory Plotting chart, 24 x 20, first edition, March 16, 1970, signed in blue ballpoint, “James Lovell,” and

Color vintage 10 x 8 NASA photo, signed and inscribed in blue and black ink by four, “Best regards to Lillian Stutz—from the Mercury Astronauts—Alan B

Exceptional collection of color NASA photos of all twelve moonwalkers, 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, each signed in ink by the astronaut pictured, some inscribed

Commemorative cover honoring the second man orbit shot and a missle fired from Cape Canaveral, signed vertically in blue and black ink, “Alan B. Shepa

Color 12.75 x 18.5 composite print with images of Shepard and Slayton in their space suits and a rocket launch, signed and inscribed in silver ink, “T

Vintage 5.5 x 4.5 cardstock photo of the Wright Brothers’s first flight, captioned at the bottom ‘First Man-Flight, December 17, 1903, Kitty Hawk, N.

Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Challenger crew, signed in black felt tip by Sally Ride, Bob Crippen, John Fabian, Rick Hauck, and Norm Thagard, who in

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring space vehicles, with two additional cachets on the reverse honoring Apollo 11, signed on the front in blue

Original vintage 1935 pencil sketch of Wright by M. H. Herrin on an off-white 9.25 x 11.75 sheet of artist’s cardstock, signed in the lower border in

Bank check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by Wright, payable to The Gilbert Winchel Lumber Co. for $2.30, July 25, 1917. Nicely matt

Carbon DS, signed in ink, “Orville Wright,” as Chairman of the Contest Committee, National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A., one page, 8.5 x 14, Octob

FDC with a metal cachet honoring the first man on the moon, signed in black ink, “Buzz Aldrin,” and in black ballpoint, “Dolores Black / Sewed the fla

Signed book: Mission to Mars. First edition. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2013. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 258 pages. Signed on

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing on the lunar surface, signed in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI.” In very fine condition.

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Aldrin alongside the American flag on the moon’s surface, signed in silver ink, “First lunar landing, Buzz Aldrin,

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit against a lunar backdrop, signed in blue felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI.” I

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Aldrin posing in his white space suit, his helmet by his side, signed in blue felt tip, “We came in peace, Buzz Ald

Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Apollo 11 crew in their white space suits, signed in blue felt tip by Aldrin. In very fine condition.

Commemorative cover with a cachet honoring the MOL mission, signed in blue and black ink by eight astronauts: Don Peterson, Bob Overmyer, Hank Hartsfi