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Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of the Mercury-Redstone 3 liftoff, signed in black felt tip, “U. S. First Manned Launch. May 5, 1961, Guenter F. Wendt, Padlea

Satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Wendt crouched down with Ham, signed in black felt tip, “‘Ham,’ America’s First Chimp in Space, Guenter F. Wendt, Padlead

Satin-finish 10 x 8 close-up photo of Wendt carrying Ham, signed in black felt tip, “‘Ham,’ America’s First Chimp in Space, Guenter F. Wendt, Padleade

Faith 7 launch day postal cover with a cachet honoring the Mercury project, signed in black ink by Cooper. In fine condition, with a small affixed lab

Mercury-Atlas 6 cover honoring John Glenn’s recovery by the USS NOA, signed in fountain pen, “J. H. Glenn, Jr.” In fine condition.

Rare personal mail cover postmarked on the USS Lake Champlain on May 5, 1961, bearing the text, “USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, Recovery ship for the firs

TLS signed “D. K. Slayton,” one page, 8 x 10.5, NASA letterhead, March 29, 1971. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I was obviously very disappointed whe

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 composite NASA photo of the Mercury astronauts and one of their space crafts, numbered B-60-785. In fine condition.

Vintage glossy Associated Press 7 x 9 press photo showing Shepard’s lift-off, flight path, and splashdown area with original caption affixed to revers

Vintage glossy 10 x 8 General Dynamics photo of the sequence of Glenn’s orbital flight from lift-off to his three orbits to splashdown, with the Gener

Signed book: Leap of Faith. First edition. NY: Harper Collins, 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 279 pages. Signed on the title page in blu

Signed book: John Glenn: A Memoir. First edition, first printing. NY: Bantam Books, 1999. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 422 pages. Signed on

Distinctive red-orange 1.5 x .5 piece of the cableway that ran up the side of the Launch Complex 14 tower to the ready room, affixed to a printed 8.5

Flown printed fabric American flag, 5.75 x 4, and 4? wide Gemini 6 mission patch, both of which were affixed to Schirra’s space suit during the Gemini

Flown Series 1953C two-dollar bill, signed to the left of Jefferson's portrait in red felt tip, "Gus Grissom GT-3", and to the right, ...

Flown eye test date card carried on board Gemini 5. Double-sided laminated card measures 1.5 x 2.5 and was for the “In-flight Visual Acuity Experiment

Color vintage glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo, signed in black ink, “James A. McDivitt” and “Edward H. White II,” and inscribed in an unknown

Life magazine from June 18, 1965, featuring an image of White during his historic space walk, signed on the cover in black felt tip, “Edward H. White

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini crew posing next to the launch pad, signed in black felt tip by Charles Conrad and in blue felt tip by G

Color satin-finish 20.5 x 16.25 photo of the Gemini 7 capsule in orbit, signed in silver ink, “Wally Schirra,” and “Tom Stafford, Gemini VI.” In fine

Stunning color satin-finish 20.5 x 16.5 photo of the Gemini 7 space craft taken from Gemini 9, signed in black felt tip, “Wally Schirra,” and “Tom Sta

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 6 crew posing in their spacesuits, signed in black felt tip by Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra. In very f

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the crew exiting the elevator at the launch pad, signed in black felt tip, “Wally Schirra GT-6,” and in blue felt t

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of the crew in their blue flight suits after their recovery, signed in blue felt tip by Tom Stafford and in black felt

Crystal-clear color semi-glossy 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 6 and 7 capsules just yards apart in orbit, signed in black felt tip, “Tom Stafford GT-6 Pl

Color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Gemini 7 crew in their blue flightsuits and helmets, posing with a model of the capsule, signed in black felt t

Rare color glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of the Gemini VI-A and Gemini VII making the first rendezvous in orbit between two manned spacecraf

Color 10 x 8 NASA photo of the Gemini 9 prime crew, signed in black felt tip by Tom Stafford and black ballpoint by Gene Cernan. In fine condition.

Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of the views from Gemini 11’s record breaking high-altitude flight, signed in black felt tip, “Charles Conrad, Jr.,” and “Dick

Exceptional glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of Aldrin and Lovell after splashdown, signed in black felt tip, “Buzz Aldrin, Gemini XII PLT” and “James Lovell.

Color 8 x 10 NASA photo of White in his Gemini space suit posing with a model rocket, signed in black felt tip, “Ed White.” In very fine condition.

Vintage color semi-glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of White making his historic space walk, signed in black ink, “Edward H. White II.” In fine

Rare color glossy 10 x 8 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of Owen K. Garriott, Edward G. Gibson, Joseph P. Kerwin, F. Curtis Michel, and Harrison Schmitt, si

Color vintage semi-glossy 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered’ NASA photo of White performing the first space walk by an American during the Gemini 4 mission, signed

Glossy 8 x 9.5 photo of the launch of Gemini 5, signed in black felt tip. Slightly trimmed bottom edge, otherwise fine condition.

Color glossy 8 x 10 ‘red-numbered NASA photo of a youthful Young in his Gemini space suit posing with a model rocket, signed in black felt tip, “Best

Color vintage 8 x 10 NASA photo, signed and inscribed in blue felt tip to NASA’s chef Lewis Hartzell, “To Lou, with full stomach and many thanks, Mich

Glossy 8 x 10 NASA photo of the Gemini 10 capsule and Agena vehicle docked in orbit, matted to an overall size of 11 x 14, signed on the mount in blac

Vintage ink signatures of Neil Armstrong, John Young, Alan Shepard, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Tom Stafford, Deke Slayton, Gene Cernan, Charlie B

Gemini 5 recovery cover with a cachet honoring the naval recovery force, signed in black ink by Charles Conrad and in blue ink by Gordon Cooper. In fi

Gemini 6 prime recovery ship postal cover with a cachet honoring the Navy recovery force, signed in black ballpoint by Wally Schirra and in blue ballp

Color limited edition print entitled ‘Rendezvous,’ numbered 21/50 AP, signed in the lower border in black felt tip by Gemini 6 crew members Tom Staffo

Mercury-Atlas 8 launch day cover with a stamped cachet honoring Wally Schirra’s flight, signed in blue and black ink by seven Group 2 astronauts: “Jam

Gemini 11 launch date postal cover with a cachet honoring honoring the astronauts and their mission, signed in black ballpoint by Charles Conrad and i

Gemini 4 postal cover canceled with the recovery date, June 7, 1965, with a cachet honoring the launch of the mission, signed in black ink over the ca

Gemini 8 recovery cover bearing a stamped cachet on the reverse, beautifully signed on the front in blue ballpoint with a period signature, “Neil Arms

Flown sterling silver Fliteline medallion, approximately one inch in diameter, flown aboard the Gemini IV mission. One side bears a raised insignia of

Flown sterling silver Fliteline medallion one inch in diameter, flown aboard the Gemini X mission. The face bears a raised mission emblem, with the mi

Flown Gemini 11 Fliteline medal, gold over sterling, measuring approximately .75 x 1. One side bears a raised image of the mission insignia, with the

Flown heat shield fragment from the Gemini 4 spacecraft affixed to a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of Ed White making the first US spacewalk. In fin

Flown heat shield from the Gemini VIII space capsule. Shield fragment measures 1 x 1.75 x 1.25, with the upper portion charred and melted from the int

Flown heat shield fragment from the Gemini 8 spacecraft affixed to a color satin-finish 10 x 8 photo of the Agena Target vehicle during rendezvous. In

Flown printed fabric American flag, 6 x 4, signed on the white lines in black ink, “Flown on Gemini IV, Jim McDivitt.” Accompanied by a certificate of

Large swatch of thermal blanket that was attached to the boilerplate of a Gemini capsule, 3.5 x 3, stapled to a cardstock 11 x 8.25 presentation sheet

Beautiful acrylic display containing flown artifacts from all manned Gemini flights, measuring 12 x 4 x 1, with each swatch identified by an image of

Three flown checklist pages carried on board Gemini 5, identified as “MSC Form 1190 (Apr. 65), Electrical System Malfunction Procedures,” 8 x 10.5, si

Flown checklist page carried on board Gemini 12, labeled “Docked SPS Translation @ Cardinal Heading,” 5 x 8, removed from the ‘Procedures S/N 122’ fli

Toothbrush flown and used by John Young during the Gemini 10 mission in 1966. Ivory-colored toothbrush is made by Py-Co-Pay and measures 6.5? long. Ac

Cernan’s master’s degree report entitled “Dynamic Stability Analysis of the North American T2J-1 Airplane,” 9 x 11.5, 103 pages, submitted on October

White’s USAF Experimental Test Pilot School Diploma, 11.75 x 9, dated April 22, 1960. Diploma is presented to “Captain Edward H. White, II...having su

Manned Orbiting Laboratory rotation controller mock-up prototype, approximately 4.75? tall on a 2.5? diameter base, constructed of a phenolic resin (t

Brad-bound manual titled “Gemini Program Schedules,” 10 x 11.5, with operation schedules for five spacecraft, as well as assorted charts, memos, and s

Book: Project Gemini: A Chronology. NASA SP-4002. Washington, D. C.: NASA, 1969. Softcover, 8 x 10.25, 307 pages. Book provides an illustrated time li

Set of 20 different blueprints for various systems of the Gemini Capsule, 17 x 11, including power systems, “retrograde sequential system,” “post impa

Two original official NASA color 70mm transparencies from the Gemini 5 and Gemini 12 missions, both 2 x 2, contained in their original 5.5 x 8.75 pres

White and brown section of the linoleum utilized on the White Room floor at the spacecraft crew egress center during the manned Gemini flights, affixe

An Apollo Saturn TR-204 Attitude Control engine. Engine measures 15.5? long, with the nozzle having a 6.5? diameter, and weighing approximately 26.5 p

Apollo Astro Comm Display control panel. stamped on the reverse with a GE assembly number, measuring 10.5 x 19 x 6. Panel is headed at the top, “Astro

A one-of-a-kind offering of the only complete set of flown microfilm lunar bibles, carried on board the Apollo 12, 13, and 14 missions. Unique in its

Fantastic and incredibly rare lunar module control panel #3, 29.75 x 8, which represents an earlier engineer mock-up of the final design. This panel

Lunar Module strut assembly manufactured by Grumman Aircraft. This piece comprised part of the structural-mechanical assembly between the landing-gear

Flight ready lunar module RCS (Reaction Control System) thruster plume deflector. Deflector measures 46? high, with its curved base measuring approxim

Well-done composite model of an Apollo Command and Service Module, approximately 13? long, signed in black felt tip by Ken Mattingly, Charles Conrad,

Kranz’s handwritten journal of his daily activities from October 5, 1967, to April 8, 1968, all contained on 63 pages in an 8.5 x 11 spiral bound note

Color limited edition 25 x 30 print entitled ‘Naval Aviation in Space,’ numbered 694/1000, signed in pencil in the lower border by the original nine a

Limited edition color 26.5 x 33.5 textured canvas print entitled ‘Reaching for the Stars’ by Alan Bean, numbered 753/1500, stretched over a wooden fra

LR-101 thruster nozzle, the type used on the Mercury Atlas as the Vernier Thruster, intended for application on the Atlas, Thor launch system. Nozzle

Gorgeous acrylic display containing flown artifacts from all major steps of NASA’s ‘race to the moon,’ measuring 7 x 4 x 1, with each swatch identifie

Beautiful acrylic display containing flown artifacts from all manned Apollo flights, measuring 12 x 4 x 1, with each swatch identified by an image of

Prototype model of the controller that steered the Apollo spacecraft to the moon. Standing 6.5? tall, the rotational controller’s design was then eval

Lunar receiving laboratory stainless steel containment vessel, approximately 6 x 6, designed to hold moon rocks upon their return to earth. This two-p

Lunar receiving laboratory stainless steel containment vessel, approximately 7 x 8, designed to hold moon rocks upon their return to earth. This two-p

Rare limited edition presentation of flown fragments from Apollo 7 through 17, as well as an Apollo 4 relic, 2/10. All 12 fragments are set against a

Flown astronaut’s PPK flown aboard an Apollo mission. Velcro-closing bag has “G. Wendt,” written on the top flap, and is signed in black felt tip, “Fl

Apollo Command Service Module NASA valve assembly for Nitrogen Tetroxide. Assembly measures approximately 16 x 13.5, with a stenciled identification o

Rocketdyne unused main engine valve flexline bellows of the type used in early production F-1 engines (through Apollo 4). Component is constructed fro

Rocketdyne large unused RP-1 rocket fuel bellows flexline of the type used in early production F-1 engines (through Apollo 4). Component is constructe

Metal fuel coupling/quick disconnect from the RP-1 fuel valve for the Rocketdyne F-1 engine, approximately 3.5? long, identified as “Cap & Half ...

Apollo Command Module accelerometer consisting of a module and pendulum assembly, with the module bearing an affixed NASA label identifying it as, “Ap

Iconic blue metal Apollo space suit connector, approximately 1.5? diameter and 1.75? tall, produced by Air-Lock incorporated for use on the front of t

Two plastic bottles and lids used in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory to hold lunar samples upon their return to Earth. Bottles measure approximately 2.

NASA flight helmet circa 1965. US Navy APH-6B helmet has a dual visor, clear and sun, as well as an A13A oxygen mask, both made by Sierra Engineering

Five small relics taken from launch complexes at Cape Canaveral. Relics are: firebrick material from below the launch pedestal at Complex 34; linoleum

Metal fragment from the service structure on Complex 34, affixed to a printed 8.5 x 11 informational sheet, authenticated by William Dickerson. In fin

Metal primary floodlight fixture assembly from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13, approximately 16.75? in diameter and 4.5? deep. In

Six relics taken from different launch complexes at Cape Canaveral. Relics are: two pieces of metal from the gantry of Complex 26; a canvas protector

Hand-painted cast porcelain sculpture of an Apollo 11 astronaut on the moon holding an American flag, 9? tall, with a small plaque on the base that re

Unflown and unopened packet of cocoa. Sizable amount of cocoa is contained in its 3.5 x 13 pouch, with drinking nozzle at the top. Label near the bott

Limited edition collector’s series of Apollo Astronaut matchbooks issued by Astronautics Specialties, Inc. Matchbooks span Apollo 7–17, with two diffe

Impressive color limited edition 32 x 23 print of Bean’s painting entitled ‘Hello Universe,’ released in an edition of 550, signed in the lower border