NASA red number photos are very collectible official photographs from early space missions, including the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo programs. These photos are typically first generation prints produced from original negatives and have a printed red code along the front margin. They were used officially by media outlets, NASA staff and contractors and capture some of…
NASA’s Lunar Orbiter program consisted of five uncrewed lunar orbiter missions with the primary objective of mapping the moon’s surface for sites that the Apollo missions could land on. The first successful NASA mission to orbit the moon included the Lunar Orbiter I Kodak camera. The camera featured Kodak 70mm film that could handle the…
Wernher von Braun was a noted rocket scientist in Germany during WWII. In the U.S. he served as director of the Marshall Space Flight Center and had an important role in developing rockets that made the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs possible. Von Braun’s autographs and memorabilia are highly collectible as he was a central…
On July 20, 1969 at 4:17 PM Neil Armstrong announced, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed” when the Apollo 11 Lunar Module successfully landed on the Moon. This historic moment occurred hours before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot onto the lunar surface. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions recently sold an…
Grumman Aircraft Engineering is perhaps best remembered for designing and crafting Lunar Modules used in the Apollo Programs. They also helped design and manufacture satellites used during the Apollo era and had a role developing and testing subsystems used in Space Shuttles. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions have sold several space models, including a…
The Saturn V rocket from Apollo 15 had a huge role in expanding the scientific exploration of space missions. As the most powerful rocket at the time, it carried 170 pounds of lunar samples back to Earth and permitted the crew to carry out extensive science experiments in space. We recently sold an original 1971…
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FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Neil Armstrong autograph that is for sale, please email [email protected] or call Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com) at (310) 440-2982. Neil Armstrong Autograph Neil Armstrong is forever embedded in modern history as the first human to walk on the moon from the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. We at Nate…