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Six original vintage pencil signatures of the Mercury astronauts drawn by NASA employee Ruth Johnston, all taken from the astronaut’s original NASA po

Color 13.25 x 10 semi-glossy photo featuring an image of rocket with “Directorate of Mercury (SSVM) Launch Vehicles,” affixed to a 19.5 x 15.5 mount,

TLS signed “J. H. Glenn, Jr.,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas letterhead, October 1, 1963. Glenn writes to Lillian

TLS signed “Alan,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas letterhead, October 31, 1962. Shepard writes to Claude McCammon,

A cut section of umbilical cord from the launch pad. Section measures 3? long and 2.25? wide, with a thick rubber coating to the outside and many tigh

A cut cross section of the last umbilical cable to be released from the Atlas rocket used to launch John Glenn into orbit. The section measures approx

Deke Slayton’s personal International Association of Turtles membership card, 3.25 x 2.25, issued on October 16, 1961. The notorious Turtles Club was

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

Signed book: On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini. Washington, D.C.: NASA’s Scientific and Information Division, 1977. Softcover, 6

Signed book: Earth Photographs from Gemini VI Through XII. Washington, D. C.: NASA’s Scientific and Information Division, 1968. Hardcover, 9.25 x 11.5