Vostok Launch and Recovery video footage.

SPUTNIK REPLICA

YURI GagariN and GHERMAN TITOV signed book:  the first separately 

published journalistic account of the soviet space program.

Signed copy of “How it Was: From the Diary of the Special Correspondent of TASS.”

K06052

VIKTOR YEFIMOV - ILLUSTRATED NOTEBOOK c1960

Contains specifications for spacesuits with photographs of finished products, systems for nutrition, water supply and sanitation. 

K07891

VOSTOK POSTER

Doroga Sovietskaya (Soviet Road to Space) color lithographic poster showing the Russian Vostok 2

hurtling through space in front of the Soviet flag, with the earth and the Kremlin below.  35 x 24", 

linen backed. Moscow, 1961.

K12183

SPUTNIK / SOVIET SPACE POSTER

A striking red and blue poster picturing three different Sputnik satellites.  22 x 35", 1958.
K12487

GAGARIN SPACE POSTER

A striking red, yellow and blue poster extolling Gagarin's achievement and the achievements of the

Soviet Space Program.  23 x 35", 1961.

K12488

LISTED BELOW IS THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE COLLECTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE VOSTOK COLLECTION.

COOPERATION IN SPACE DOCUMENT – “THE SPACE MAGNA CARTA” – SIGNED IN SPACE: 

JULY 17, 1975

Certificate of Docking signed in space by the entire two crews: Thomas P. Stafford, Donald 

“Deke” Slayton, Vance Brand, Alexi Leonov, and Valeri Kubasov. The start of the long road

to cooperation in space of the U.S. and Russian programs. This is the watershed document

for the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the eventual demise of the old Soviet

Union.  In English and Russian.  The “Space Magna Carta” set the stage for the new

multinational approach to space exploration of the future.  As the document notes, “the flight

crews…share the hope that this first International Manned space flight will stand in the light

of history as a significant advance in the ability of the nations to work together in ways that

advance the interests of people everywhere.”

K10641

LEONOV’S BRIEFING CHARTS ON THE APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION, TO THE RUSSIAN AIR FORCE

Alexi Leonov describing these charts, “These documents give a complete presentation of the 

first joint cooperation between the USSR and the USA.”

K07896

THREE SOVIET-AMERICAN FLAGS FROM THE APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION – SIGNED by cosmonauts leonov and kubasov

These flags (Soviet Union, American and combination) are special commemorative items for

the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

K07898

toM wolfe, the right stuff, signed by john glenn, alan shepard, chuck YEAGER

and others

America’s view of the space race.

K08245

WALT CUNNINGHAM - "MANNED ORBITING SPACE STATION..."
Vol. 3 & 4 Signed and inscribed by Cunningham, with Cunningham Typed Letter Signed.
K11561

Space Collection Part 1 Details:

Km 00322 [Space Collection: Autograph Manuscript Signed]
 "What Has The Moon To Do With Us?, By Pearl S. Buck
Autograph manuscript singed “Pearl S. Buck”, five pages; circa 1960.

 “From this monotony we can only be relieved by hope of new knowledge, and new knowledge is based only upon new discovery.” In the article, Miss Buck asks why men are trying to go to the moon, and answers the question by saying that lunar and space exploration not only free us from the monotony of everyday life, but leads to the further knowledge of worlds beyond the moon, and hopefully will someday allow man to say “We are not alone”.

 Kd 06052 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
 A.P. Romanov
[How It Was: From the Diary of the Special Correspondent of TASS]. Moscow: Government Publishing House of Political Literature, 1961

 In 8s (202 x 130 mm). Five halftone illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers depicting the orbit of Vostok 2, wire-stitched.

 First Edition of the first separately published journalistic account of the Soviet Space Program. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s flight in Vostok 1 was performed in a news blackout that was not lifted until the cosmonaut had successfully returned to earth. For the launch of Vostok 2 some four months later, on 6 August 1961, TASS special correspondent Aleksandr Petrovich Romanov was granted press accreditation by the Soviet Council of Ministers, and thus become the first Soviet space journalist. His account of Cosmonaut Gherman Titov’s day-long flight aboard Vostok 2 appeared in the Soviet and world press on 7 August 1961. An expanded version of his first-hand coverage of the mission was serialized in the journal Otohek, and published as a pamphlet under the title How It Was in early October of the same year.

 This copy is the author’s own, with Romanov’s personal library stamp on the title-page. The title-page is also signed by the first two cosmonauts: Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov.

 Provenance: Aleksandr Petrovich Romanov

Kd 06515 [Space Collection: Typed Document Signed]
Apollo Command Module Checklist. Used during Apollo VII training. Contains numerous corrections and annotations made by Astronaut Walter Cunningham during his use. This is the first checklist printed on fireproof paper (a change made after the Apollo I fire). Signed by Walter Cunningham.  The checklist is typed on indexed fireproof note cards and is loosely bound with two metal rings.

Kd 07703 [Space Collection: Photograph Signed]
 Complete set of 12 Signed Photographs, all the American Astronauts to walk on the Moon, color, 4to, in space gear, 6 are inscribed.  Includes: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin; Gene Cernan; Jim Irwin; Harrison H. Schmitt; Edgar Mitchell; John Young; Alan Shepard; David Scott; Allen Bean; Charles Conrad; and Charles Duke.

Kd 07891 [Space Collection: Autograph Manuscript] [Vostok Program]
Notebook kept by Engineer Yefimov containing specifications for system designs for portions of spacesuits, accompanied by photographs of the completed designs.

Autograph working draft containing extensive notes and numerous diagrams in ink and pencil, 40 pages contained in a notebook (11 ¾ x 8 1/8 in; 298 x 206 mm.), [no place, no date]; some marginal soiling, some stains from fixative holding down additional diagrams to pages.

An engineer of considerable importance, V.P. Yefimov designed portions of the Russian spacesuit and also trained noted cosmonauts, including Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, to use them. The present notebook contains voluminous information on the specifications for the systems of nutrition, water supply and sanitation with sketches for many of the design elements. The present drawings of the basic design concepts, which were later used to make blueprints and construct the systems. Photographs of the finished products are contained in a white plastic album herewith.

Provenance: From Engineer Viktor P. Yefimov

Kd 07892 [Space Collection: Document Signed]
 Vostok 1, 12 April 1961

Yuri A. Gagarin
Records File on the First Flight by the USSR citizen Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, made on April 12, 1961 on Spaceship-Sputnik “Vostok,” Moscow, 1961.

 English-Language governmental report, signed by Gagarin, and by others, prepared on special “diploma” paper for submission to the International Aeronautics Federation, title page plus 16 numbered leaves, as follows, leaf 1: “Card of General Data” giving general information about the flight and records achieved (flight duration, flight altitude and weight lifted), signed in ink V.A. Plaxin and I. G. Borisenko, leaf 2:”Statement of Weighing of spaceship-sputnik ‘Vostok’” describing the weight as 4,725 kilograms, signed in ink Plaxin, Borisenko, V.I. Bodrikov and V.M. Stolmikov; leaf 3: “Statement of launching of rocket” stating that lift-off took place at 9.07 Moscow time signed in ink V.A. Plaxin; leaf 4: “Statement of Landing…” describing the landing as taking place at 10:55 Moscow time, signed in ink I.G. Borisenko; leaf 5:”Statement of defining the flight duration,” described as 108 minutes, signed in ink V.A. Plaxin and I.G. Borisenko; leaf 6: “Statement defining maximum flight altitude,” which was 327 km., signed in ink V.A. Plaxin and I.G. Borisenko; leaf7: “Results of data processing of orbital measurements,” stating that “data processing” by “electronic computers” established that the period of orbital revolution was 89:34 minutes, with the average distance from the Earth’s surface being 327 km and the minimum being 181 km; leaves 8 and 9: “Technique of orbit elements determination” displaying numerous computational equations; leaf 10: “Report on the arrangement of…Vostok and its special equipment” listing on-board equipment and controls, signed in ink N.F. Konstantinov; leaf 11: “Report by Major Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR,” being Gagarin’s own report on his flight, signed in ink by Gagarin; leaves 12-16 containing tipped-in black and white photographs of Gagarin in uniform, Gagarin in his flight suit, Gagarin before entering Vostok, the “inside view of the compartment,” and Gagarin, “reporting by telephone to the Head of the USSR Government N.S. Khrushchov on the successful fulfillment of the first manned flight into space,” bound loosely into a red leatherette cover, 12 x 8 ¾ in.; 305 x 222 mm.

 The official statement of fact by the USSR on the single greatest achievement in space history:  Apparently this document was the official signed submission to establish Russia’s space records.  It was, however, never sent.  According to Cosmonaut Engineer Feoktistov, errors were discovered which required it to be reprinted.  Certainly, there are numerous small typographical errors: “left-off” for “lift-off,” “slight suit” for “flight suit,” “rank” for “drank,” etc.

 Typographical errors or not, this remains a most remarkable document as it also contains Gagarin’s own statement on his mission, “On the 12^th of April, 1961, the Soviet spaceship-Sputnik Vostok was put in orbit around the Earth, with me on board.”  Gagarin goes on to describe briefly his training, his physical fitness, his belief in the “successful outcome,” and the beginning of the flight.  “The spaceship put in orbit and the carrier-rocket separated, weightlessness set in.  At first the sensation was to some extent unusual…But I soon adapted myself.”  He follows a predetermined program.  “I…maintained continuous communication with Earth on different channels by telephone and telegraph…I controlled the operation of the spaceship equipment.”  He soon descends and lands uneventfully.

 Gagarin also goes on to describe his “observation while in space…there was a good view of the Earth…[which] had a very distinct and pretty blue halo…It had a smooth transition from pale blue, and blue, dark blue, violet and absolutely black. It was a magnificent picture.”  He concludes, “Thanks to a thorough training I experienced no discomfort from the effects of the space-flight factors.  At present I feel fine.  April 15, 1961

 Secrets behind the public report to the world:  Neither Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s description nor the inventory of Vostok”s equipment describe the parachute ejection system included for the cosmonaut.  Today it seems irrelevant, but at the time, had the Russians revealed that the Vostok Spaceship was designed to eject Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin for a separate descent by parachute (the Vostok capsule itself landed too heavily), their space flight might have been disqualified.  The pilot, under the rules for aviation records, must stay with his aircraft.

 Of even greater secrecy were the identities of the individual engineers and designers behind the flight.  Their names could not be disclosed, so the “Records File” is filled with pseudonyms.  The real engineers then signed the report using their assigned pseudonyms.  Feoktistov was responsible for the “Report on the arrangement of Vostok and its special equipment.”  His name was given as N.F. Konstantinov – a pun on his first name, and as such he signed.  Apparently, Sergei Korolev, the Chief Designer appears, and signs, as “V.A. Plaxin.”  There is some irony to the title given in the “Record File” to this driven man whose program had already cost hundreds of lives in on-the-ground accidents: “Sports Commissioner of the Tchkalov Central Aero Club of the USSR.”

 This report must be considered one of the great records of space history and human achievement – a documentary monument from the dawn of the Space Age.

 Provenance: From Cosmonaut Konstantin P. Feoktistov

Kd 07893 [Space Collection: Photograph]
Soyuz 9, 1-29 June 1970

A Presentation Photograph album: “Visit to the United States, Soviet Cosmonauts, October 18-28, 1970.”

“Let’s keep the ball rolling for cooperation in space and on Earth. Buzz Aldrin”

Containing 53 color and black and white photographs, various sizes, interspersed with photocopies of newspaper clippings, mounted on plastic-guarded gray paper, the first page mounted with a signed presentation letter from Astronaut Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., dated December 21, 1970. two photographs inscribed, bound in blue vinyl, lettered on the upper cover in gilt with the album title and “Andrian G. Nikolayev.:  Album: 15 x 13 in.; 381 x 330 mm.

A warm welcome from America:  A gift to Cosmonaut Nikolayev from Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the album traces the warm welcome Cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev and his fellow Soyuz-9 cosmonaut, Vitaly Sevastyanov, received on their 10-day goodwill tour of America.  In Washington, they laid wreaths at the grave of Astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom and Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee.  In Huntsville, Alabama, they became the first cosmonauts to visit the Marshall Space Center. In Houston, they met with Werner von Braun and “crashed” several times in a moon landing simulator.  In Los Angeles, there were trips to Disneyland as well as to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.  They ended their trip with stays in San Francisco and Seattle, where the cosmonauts visited Boeing.  Their official escort throughout the trip, during which they were heralded everywhere as “heroes,” was Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, himself so recently on the Moon.  The album closes with a photograph of the two Russians with Astronaut Neil Armstrong and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the Houston Astrodome.  One of the Russians holds a soccer ball.  The photograph is inscribed,”Let’s keep the ball rolling for cooperation in space and on Earth, Buzz Aldrin.”

Kd 07894 [Space Collection: Photographs]
Soyuz 9, 1-19 June 1970

A remarkable collection of 40 inscribed photographs of American astronauts, all having presentation inscriptions to Cosmonaut Nikolayev.

Consisting of 38 color portrait photographs, an Apollo 9 mission photograph, and one black and white photograph, all 10 x 8 in.; 254 x 203 mm., many with NASA credits on the reverse. 

Warm souvenirs of Cosmonaut Nikolayev’s 1970 goodwill trip to America:  Astronauts represented include his host Buzz Aldrin (“I could feel proud to fly with you anywhere in the cosmos.”), Joe Allen, Alan Bean (“with admiration for a job well done”), Karol Bobko, Vance Brand, Gerald Carr, Charles Conrad, Robert Crippen, Michael Collins (“congratulations on your recent achievement”), Walter Cunningham, Charles Duke, Gordon Fullerton, Richard Gordon, Fred Haise, Henry Hartsfield, James Irwin, Joseph Kerwin, Don Lind, Ken Mattingly (“Best wishes for many more flights”), Bruce McCandless, James McDivitt, (twice, “Good flying to my friend”), Robert Overmyer, Robert Parker, Jack Smitt, Thomas Stafford, (twice, “To a great fellow space pioneer”),  William Thorton, Richard Truly, Alfred Worden and John Young.

Provenance:  From Cosmonaut Andrian G. Nikolayev

Kd 07895 [Space Collection: Photograph Signed]
Vostok to Soyuz Programs

A collection of signed photographs and other items.

Consisting of three signed black and white photographs (5-1/8 x 3-3/8 in.; 130 x 86 mm to 6 x 3-7/8 in.; 152 x 98 mm) of Nikolayev, two in his military uniform, one in his Vostok 3 spacesuit, inscribed and signed both on the reverse; together with a signed statement by Nikolayev concerning the photographs – a color photograph (4-1/8 x 5-½ in.; 105 x 140 mm) of Nikolayev, Sevastyanov and American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, signed by all three space travelers, the reverse inscribed by Nikolayev, “This picture was taken in 1970 in the U.S.” and signed, - a group photograph of Russians and Americans at the Cosmonaut Training Center (7 x 9 in.; 178 x 229 mm), signed by American astronaut Bill Anders of Apollo 8, signed and inscribed on the back by Nikolayev, creased and torn – 18 NASA photographs of Apollo crews (8 x 10 in. 203 x 254 mm.), bearing facsimile (machine-made) “signatures.” – A small American 33 RPM record (jacket: 7 x 7 in.; 178 x 178 mm) entitled “Sounds of Rockets, Satellites and Outer Space” inscribed on the record jacket to Nikolayev, 19 October 1970; together with a signed statement by Nikolayev – A bound file of Izvestia and Pravda newspaper containing articles clipped by Nikolayev and covering his flights aboard Vostok 3 and Soyuz 9; together with a signed statement by Nikolayev.

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Provenance: From Cosmonaut Andrian G. Nikolayev

Kd 07896 [Space Collection: Documents Signed]
Soyuz-Apollo/Apollo-Soyuz, 15-21 July 1975

A collection of printed documents describing the Soyuz-Apollo mission

Nine documents printed in black and white, with hand coloring in blue ink mounted as a unit, signed by Cosmonaut Leonov, and matted (25 x 35-3/4 in.; 635 x 908 mm.); together with a signed manuscript statement by Leonov concerning the documents.

A composite file of Leonov’s second great flight: “After the final agreement [between the USSR and the USA] was signed _ I started to prepare a file dealing with the various reports and details of the preparation and training for the flight.  These documents give a complete presentation on the first joint cooperation between the USSR and the USA.”  The first row of documents lists the basic documents and decrees authorizing and administering the flight, the primary and back-up teams for the two space crews, and the joint and separate scientific experiments to be conducted.  The second row, made up of diagrams, consists of a chart of the flight from launch and docking and parachute action, a rendering of the two spacecraft docked together, and a description of the communication and control functions. The third and final line lists the goals and plans for the mission, provides a organizational chart of the various “teams” involved (flight control, search and rescue, training, command and evaluations, etc.), and a description of the 3,600 hour training program required.

Provenance: From Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov

Kd 07897 [Space Collection: Documents]
Soyuz-Apollo / Apollo-Soyuz, 15-21 July 1975

W.F. Green, A. Sementovsky, and others.  Apollo-Soyuz Test program.  N.p.: Space Division, Rockwell International, May 1973

Approximately 85 leaves (8-1/2 x 11 in.; 216 x 279 mm), some stapled together.  Photocopied manual, text in English and Russian, illustrated.

Orientation manuals for the historic Soyuz-Apollo mission.  Included with the general orientation manual are detailed documents on the docking module and environmental control systems and a Glossary of Conversational Expressions between Cosmonauts and Astronauts during ASTP.  Signed by Cosmonaut A.V. Filipchenko, who served on the Soyuz 19 backup crew.

With:  A folding time-chart for the Soyuz-Apollo flight, in Russian (7-1/8 x 55 in.; 181 x 1397 mm).  Bound in green cloth, stamped in gilt חporpamma חo_era Kopa6_e_ EoP A_ o _ oh.  N.p., 1975 – A collection of 9 photocopied or carbon typescript documents relating to the Soyuz-Apollo mission, in Russian and English, including biographical sketches of American astronauts, amendments to flight manuals, a docking operations schedule, and a transcript in English of Apollo 17 air-to ground communications. Most documents signed by Filipchenko and with a few marginal notes in his hand – A.V. Filipchenko.  Ha________ Op_________ [Reliable Orbit].  Moscow, 1978.  Inscribed and signed by Filipchenko and with three inscribed photos – A collection of 4 printed programs and announcements from the Space Future Forum held in Moscow, 2-4 October 1987 – Photograph (10 x 11-3/8 in.; 254 x 289 mm) of approximately 40 delegates to the Space Future Forum, signed by most of them, including Valentina Tereshkova, Bertalan Farkas, Alexei A. Leonov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Vladimire A. Shatalov.

Provenance: From Cosmonaut Anatoly V. Filipchenko

Kd 07898 [Space Collection: Flag Signed]
Soyuz-Apollo / Apollo-Soyuz, 15-19 July 1975

A collection of 3 Soviet-American flags commemorating the joint mission.

Three flags (ea. 7-1/2 x 12 in.; 190 x 305 mm), of rayon twill with gold braiding on 3 sides, comprising:

1) Soviet standard with the silhouette of the Soyuz capsule on the front the Soyuz-Apollo joint mission logo and State Seal of the Soviet Union on the back;

2) American standard with the silhouette of the Apollo capsule on the front, and the Soyuz-Apollo mission logo and American Seal and motto on the back;

3) a composite Soviet and American standard with the silhouette of the coupled Soyuz and Apollo capsules on the front and joint mission logo on back.

Each flag is signed by the two Soviet crewmembers of the mission, Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov and Cosmonaut Valeri N. Kubasov.

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Provenance: From Space Commerce Corporation

Kd 07899 [Space Collection: Photograph Signed]
Soyuz-Apollo / Apollo-Soyuz, 15-19 July 1975

One photograph and one publicity still signed by the Soviet-American crew, 2 brass medals and attendant documents commemorating this mission.

One black-and-white photograph (11-1/2 x 9 in.; 292 x 229 mm.) taken in Red Square and autographed (left to right) by Astronaut Vance Brand, Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Astronaut Donald “Deke” Slayton, and Cosmonaut Valeri N. Kubason. – A color photographic reproduction of a drawing (7-1/2 x 11 in.; 190 x 279 mm.) representing the docking approach of the Soyuz and Apollo craft signed by all 5 crewmembers, mounted on card. – Two commemorative bronze medallions, one depicting on the front the Soviet-American standards with the Apollo-Soyuz crew in stylized profile and mission logo on the back; the other being an Interkosmos presentation medal with relief and intaglio, Tyulin’s name on the front, in a red moiré box lined with velvet.  Accompanied 5 autograph documents in Russian by Mme Tyulina.

Provenance: From Mme Tyulina

Kd 08245 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Astronauts: “The Right Stuff”. Book, “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe, 436pp, 5 ¾ x 8 ½ first printing., 1979. Signed on the first blank flyleaf, one beneath the other, by Gordon Cooper, Chuck Yeager, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Scott Carpenter, and D.K. Slayton. In original dustjacket. All but Yeager were original Porject Mercury astronauts. “Yeager” is the title of Chapter 3 of “The Right Stuff.” Wolfe’s book was made into an award winning film.

Kg 09150.01 [Space Collection: Artifact - major] [Space Capsule]
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Kg 09150.02 [Space Collection: Artifact - major]
Vostok 6 Voice Box – The Voice of the First Woman in Space

This voice box recorded the transmissions of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, during her groundbreaking flight on Vostok 6.

The voice recorder is contained within a green-painted aluminum box (8 x 7 x 5 1/8 inches; 203 x 178 x 130mm.).  The interior is divided partially into two compartments.  The larger compartment holds a grey metal box still partially surrounded by remnants of yellow foam insulation and connected by wires to 2 circuit boards mounted within the smaller compartment.  The lid is stenciled with “Approved for launch” in Russian.  Accompanied by 8 audio cassettes, a typed manuscript in Russian reproducing Tereshkova’s conversations with Nikita Krushchev, Yuri Gagarin, Sergei Korolev, and others, and a list of codes needed for transcribing and explaining her report.

Mounted to the wall of her Vostok capsule, Tereshkova’s voice-recorder kept careful note of all the first woman-cosmonaut’s communication with Earth, as well as her spoken thoughts.  It is clear from the tape that it was not an easy flight.  Tereshkova suffered from illness and disorientation and, consequently, refused to eat: “I feel sick.  I am drinking, I cannot eat sweets…I just want to eat bread and onions.”  Also documented is the revelation that Korolev ordered her to stop her experiments and return to Earth.  Despite her illness and her sudden return, Tereshkova found time to entertain her listeners: “I am Chayka [her code name, meaning seagull]…Singing a song.”

Prior to her return, however, Tereshkova nad her flight-mate in Vostok 5, Valeri Bykovsky, were toasted by Communist Party Premier Khrushchev: “We are pround of you and your Lenin-inspired ideals!  Glorify our people!…To Woman!  To your health!  Complete the flight and land safely!”  Tereshkova replied “I have understood you, Nikita Sergeievich, and will put forth all my effort.”  During a later orbit, Tereshkova directed a greeting of her own back to earth:  “I am flying over Africa, Regards to the people of Africa from Vostok 6.  To the people of Europe, Soviet cosmonauts wish you health, peace, and luck.”

Kg 09150.03 [Space Collection: Film]
Vostok decent module landing in Russia (first manned spacecraft landing on Earth), photograph taken on April 12, 1961, signed later by backup pilot Gherman Titov. (8 x 10 inches)

Inscribed “descent module of Vostok.”

Kg 09747.01 [Space Collection: Artifact - collateral]
Objects that actually flew in space, including a rare piece of the outer skin of the Apollo 14 Spacecraft “Kitty Hawk” that carried astronauts Shepard, Mitchell and Rose to the Moon and a relief map showing an area of the lunar surface used during the Apollo 16 training missions by Astronaut Charles Duke. Finally, a flown relic of one of the earliest space flights, the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15, 1963 – a small cloth flag with a Christian cross accompanied by a letter from astronaut Gordon Cooper saying that the flag was in the sealed packet in my flight suit jacket on MA9. These are original relics from the moon flights. Includes early Glenn autographs and photos of his latest mission.

Kg 09747.02 [Space Collection: Autograph]
Astronaut John Glenn. Early Glenn Autograph and Photos of his Latest Mission.

Kg 10611 [Space Collection: Document Signed] [Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]
  File on Absolute World and World Records of the World’s First Joint flight of the Soyuz (USSR) and Apollo (USA) Spacecraft on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (“K” and “K-2” Classes).  USSR Aerosports Federation / USA National Aeronautical Association: Baykonur, Cape Canaveral, and Moscow, 1975.  With Signed Official Flight Reports by Astronauts and Cosmonauts and 36 mounted black and white photographs from the ASTP mission.  Folio, Blue leatherette gilt.  Signed and inscribed on front free endpaper by Bob Breaker, Peter Frank, Carl Hess, Kenneth Kleinspecht, Chris Kraft, Glenn Lunney, Sig Sjoberg, and D.K. Slayton.  One of two bound in blue from a total edition of eight.  The official report prepared by the American and Russian agencies submitted to the Federation Aeronautique International (FAI).  The French agency is responsible for maintaining records of aeronautical and astronautical achievements.  To claim a record an agency must report all of the technical information relating to the achievement, including verified affidavits.  A copy remains in France with the FAI while the other countries involved keep copies of their own.  This report contains pre- and post-flight photos, schematics of the two spacecraft, and photographs of the signing of the “Space Magna Carta”.

 Kg 10641 [Space Collection: Document Signed]
 [Apollo-Soyuz]. The “Space Magna-Carta”. July 17, 1975. Printed document with an illustration of the linked Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft and the insignia of the mission, 228 x 305 mm., slight wear to upper edge, signed by Thomas P. Stafford, D.K. “Deke” Slayton, Vance Brand, Valeri Kubason, and Alexei Leonov, at lower left and right. In English and Russian.

 The culmination of the Apollo-Soyuz test project, one of only 4 copies, signed in space by all 5 astronauts and cosmonauts.

 The Soviet Union could proudly claim many of the “firsts” of the international space race: the first artificial satellite launched into space, Sputnick, on 4 October 1957; Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961; Voshkod 1, the first multi-crew space mission, with three cosmonauts, on Leonov left the confines of Voshkdod 2 for 20 minutes on 18 March 1965. The Soviets were fierce competition for the United States in the race for the moon. When the United States successfully realized the goal in July of 1969, the focus of the Soviet program seemed to change. The new emphasis became the creation of a manned orbital station. It is in this context that the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project is best understood.

 With mixed success of the Soyuz an Salyut programs, the Soviets had dramatically scaled back the press coverage of their space programs. Soyuz 19 was an exception. On 15 July 1975 Leonov and Kubasov launched into orbit from the Soviet space center at Baikonur. Later that day, Apollo was launched as the active member in the docking sequence, with Soyuz essentially a passive target. Tom Stafford and Deke Slayton were responsible for manoeuvering Apollo’s docking module onto Soyuz. After docking, the Apollo cabin pressure was adjusted for compatability. This was followed by the ceremonial handshake between the two crews broadcast around the world on live television. The two ships continued in orbit together for the next two days.

 The ASTP was, arguably, the watershed event of the Cold War and the “Space Magna Carta” set the stage for the new multinational approach to space exploration of the future. As the document notes, “the flight crews … share the hope that this first International Manned space Flight will stand in the light of history as a significant advance in the ability of the nations to work together in ways that advance the interests of people everywhere.”

 There are no copies of this document, a cornerstone of the U.S. and Russian Space Programs, in the U.S. or Russian public collections.

 Kg 11166 [Space Collection: Artifact - major] [ Sokol (Falcon) KV-2]
 “Sokol KV-2” pressure suit, white nylon canvas, royal blue trim, attached pressurized hood with hinged plastic visor securing to blue anodized aluminum calvicle flange, trussed sleeves with adjustable articulating cables in upper arm and webbed belt lashings, pressure gauge on left sleeve covered by protective gasket, mirror on elasticized wristband (right wrist), detachable gloves, double-V-front zip closure (improvement over the 1975 Sokol suit), lace-up crotch with triangular placket, anodized aluminum umbilical interfaces on body for electrical, air and coolant line with attached cables and hoses, pressure equalization valve on chest, support sling wrapping from chest to back by means of webbed belts and metal clips, adjustable metrically calibrated webbed straps attached to metal rings on side seams and along crotch, pleated knees, two utility pockets on each leg, attached soled feet, rubberized cloth lining; appliqué patches of the Russian standard (left sleeve), and the American standard (right sleeve), Mir logo (mid-chest), NASA logo (rt.-chest), Mir-NASA-Shuttle-RKA bilingual logo, cloth label.  Some soiling and discoloration to joints.

  Km 11557.01 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
 1. [Gemini Program] Gemini Program. NASA/MSC, 1966. 4. Illustrated. Blue cloth. A grouping of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center multi-page summaries for each manned Gemini mission.  Gordon Cooper’s copy, signed on the title page: “My personal Copy, Gordon Cooper, Gemini 5 CDR”

Provenance: From Astronaut Gordon Cooper

 Km 11557.02 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
 2. Convair Supersonic Aircraft Escape System. General Dynamics Corp., November 1960. 4. An indoctrination manual for the use of the pilot ejection system for F-106 jet aircraft used by cooper while an astronaut. Signed by Gordon Cooper on the front cover: “My personal copy, Gordon Cooper”. Also signed by Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra on the front cover.

 Provenance: From Astronaut Gordon Cooper

  Km 11558 [Space Collection: Artifact - major]
 Apollo Saturn Launch Umbilical Switch. Approx. 11inches long and 2 inches wide at the top. Label reads in part: 

 “Switch, Sensor, Lift-off, Umbilical. Contract Number NAS8-5608 with several inspection stamps.”

 This switch would command release of a particular launch pad umbilical away from the Apollo Saturn rocket when lift-off motion was detected.

  Km 11559 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
 Flown Systems Data Book from Apollo 7. Approx. 8 x 10 in., expanding to 296 in. [over 24 feet]. Outer cover label reads: “As 205/101, Systems Data, Part No. SKB 32100036-201, S/N 1002. “The book contains over 15 schematics of spacecraft systems including communications, electrical, environmental control, space suite and cabin, and reaction control. Used by the Apollo 7 crew during flight. Inscribed and signed by Walt Cunningham on the cover: “My personal copy, Flown on Apollo 7, Walt Cunningham”.

 [With:] Typed letter signed by Astronaut Walter Cunningham

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Provenance: From Astronaut Walter Cunningham

  Km 11560 [Space Collection: Document Signed]  [Apollo 7 Planning]
 Letters, memos, and other correspondence assembled in two notebooks approx. 9 x 12 in., each with prong bindings.

 1. The first notebook contains Flight Operations Planning meeting notes from 1967 and addresses flight issues in the wake of the Apollo 1 accident.

 2. The second notebook has Apollo 7 planning correspondence from 1967 and 1968 including flight plan notes, weekly, monthly, and flight director’s status reports. Most documents are labeled for routing to Cunningham in typed or manuscript form, or have been signed by Cunningham.

 Both are inscribed and signed by Astronaut Walter Cunningham on the notebook cover: “My personal copies used in training for Apollo 7, Walt Cunningham”.

 3-4. [With:] Typed letter signed by Astronaut Walter Cunningham for each notebook.

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 Provenance: From Astronaut Walter Cunningham

  Km 11561 [Space Collection: Signed book]
 Manned Orbiting Space Station, Environmental Control and Life Support System Study, Vol. 3 and 4. Hamilton Standard, May 1964. 8.5 x 11 in. One of the earliest NASA-funded studies on Space Station concepts.

 1. Vol. 3 focuses on sub-system study results such as carbon dioxide reduction and removal, atmospheric storage, water reclamation, and waste management.

 2. Vol. 4 covers larger systems study results including overall life support system approach, rotation station description, and zero gravity station system.

 Both covers are inscribed and signed by Walt Cunningham: “My personal copy, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7:

 3. [With:] Typed letter signed by Astronaut Walter Cunningham for the set of documents.

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 Provenance: From Astronaut Walter Cunningham

  Km 11562 [Space Collection: Map Signed]
 Apollo Mission 7, Earth Orbit Chart.
1968. Approx. 13 x 41 in. Plots the orbital ground tracks from launch through orbit 16 with a printed table of latitude and longitude points for all other orbits on reverse side.

 Boldly inscribed with his flight title and signed by Wally Schirra and inscribed and signed by Walter Cunningham: “Orbital tracks of the first manned Apollo flight, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7”.

 Km 11563 [Space Collection: Artifact - major] [Russian Sokol Spacesuit]
 A complete Soviet made suite with gloves, boots, and pressure hood type helmet. The coverlayer consists of white nylon with royal blue trim, dual zippers, pressure gauge, and wrist rings that secure the pressure gloves in place.

This type of suit has been extensively used on Russian Soyuz flights starting around the 1970s and is still in use today. A mirror with wristband is placed on the right arm which allows the cosmonaut to monitor spacecraft functions with minimal head movement. The lower part of the torso has a lace-up string that is concealed with a protective cover. There are anodized aluminum umbilical lines for breathing air, coolant, and electrical feeds. Gloves are detachable.

Space Photography and Photograph Collection
Photographs are 8 x 10 in. unless noted and have NASA identification numbers and /or descriptions mimeographed on the reverse side.

Km 11564 [Space Collection: Photograph] [Apollo 9]
Ten strips of 70 mm, color transparencies. Includes orbital photographs, crew activities, and infrared images from the S065 experiment that used four model 500-EL Hasselblands. Each strip has an average of 8-10 uncut 70 mm. Frames. 90 total frames, all stored in protective sleeves. ID numbers are along most bottom edges.
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Km 11565.01 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Schick, Ron and Julia Van Haaften.
The View from Space, American Astronaut Photography, 1962-1972. New York, 1988.
Large 4. Cloth. Personal comments on photography by 16 astronauts and illustrating their favorite space photographs. Covers Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo flights

Km 11565.02 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Allen, Lawrence. Man’s Greatest Adventure. Selah, WA, 1974. Large 4. Cloth. Photo book using rare NASA archive and North American Rockwell images on the Apollo Program.

Both books are inscribed with their Mercury, Gemini, and/or Apollo flight number(s) and signed by Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke, Fed Haise, Edgar Mitchell, Wally Schirra, and Tom Stafford on the half-title page.

 Km 11566 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Life In Space. Alexandria, 1983. Large 4. Cloth. Archive photographs form Life photographers and written by the ediotrs of Time/Life. Color and b&w photos on all Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and early Shuttle flights.

NASA flight photos included. Inscribed with their Mercury, Gemini, and /or Apollo flight number(s) and signed by Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Walt Cunningham, Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, Edgar Mitchell, Wally Schirra, and Tom Stafford on the half-title page.

 Km 11567.01 [Space Collection: Signed Book] [Apollo Photography]
This Island Earth, SP-250. 1970. 4. Cloth. Contains photographs from the Apollo 7, 9, 11 and 12 missions.

Inscribed and signed by Walt Cunningham and signed by Wally Schirra: “Apollo 7 photos by: Donn Eisele, Walt Cunningham and Wally Schirra” on the title page.

Also inscribed and signed by Buzz Aldrin and Alan Bean: “Apollo XI Photos by Buzz Aldrin and crew” and “Apollo 12 Photo by Alan Bean”

Km 11567.02 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Lunar Photographs from Apollos 8, 10, and 11, SP 246. 1971. 4. Cloth. Signed by a crew member from each mission. Over 100 orbital lunar photos from Apollo 8, 10, and 11. Includes many surface photos from Apollo 11. Signed by Frank Borman and inscribed by Buzz Aldrin and Tom Stafford, on half-title page: “Apollo X photos by Tom Stafford and Crew” and “Apollo XI photos by Buzz Aldrin and Crew”

Km 11567.03 [Space Collection: Document Signed]
Apollo 16 Index of 70 mm. Photographs and 16 mm. Film strips. NASA/JSC, November 1972. R. A listing of all mission photography by the 70 mm. Hasselbland and 16 mm. Maurer movie camera. Includes all three moon walks and notes physical location and NASA photo Ids. Inscribed with his flight title and signed by Charles Duke on the cover.

 Km 11568 [Space Collection: Book] [ITEC Panoramic Camera]
Apollo Optical Bar Panoramic Camera.

Itek Optical Systems, 15 September 1969. 8.5 x 11 in. with spiral binding and fold-out charts. Initial proposal to NASA for the Apollo Panoramic Camera system. Covers management issues, facilities, project plan, and technical qualifications of Itek to build the camera. Illustrates and describes technology to be used based on KA-61, KA-80A, KA-83A, and optical bar camera systems.

[With:] Four NASA 8 x 10 in. color and b&w photos of the camera system during pre-flight, in-flight, and actual photographic data.
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Km 11569 [Space Collection: Map]
Apollo Mission 16 Lunar Photography Index Maps.

USAF Aeronautical Chart and Information Center and NASA/MSC, October 1972. Approx. 12 x 14 in. with 6 folded maps that expand to 54 x 14 in.

Map 1 details uular surface coverage of the Panoramic Camera
Map 2, 3 and 4 cover of the Metric Camera
Maps 5 and 6 list coverage for all 70 mm

Hasselbland magazines with 16mm Maurer motion picture magazines from both the CSM and LM added to map 6. Invaluable when used with actual film rolls.

 Km 11570 [Space Collection: Map] [Metric Camera Lunar Maps]
A series of  17 Lunar Topographic Orthophotomaps, each approx. 26 x 27 in., with elevation contour lines. Scale 1:250,000. Maps are based on Apollo 15, 16, and 17 Metric Camera photographs. Areas included are Mares Tranquillitatis, Imbrium, Serenitatis, and Oceanus Procellarum. Craters include Herschel, Hipparchus, Goddard, Huxley, Lambert, Nielsen, Smithson, and Spurr.
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 Km 11571 [Space Collection: Photograph] [Mars – Film Rolls]
A series of Mars photographs from the Viking Orbiters of 1976/77.

Photograph set includes two 5-inch wide film rolls with 8 and 16 frames each. Rolls also have additional calibration frames. Includes another 52 individual 5 x 5 inch frames.

All frames show a surface image of Mars with numerous computer-generated identification values, image gray scale, and three histograms plotting input, process, an output data of each image. Rolls of this type were used by the Viking Imaging Team for scientific analysis
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Km 11572 [Space Collection: Photograph] [Planets, Rockets, Space]
Approx 200 4 x 5 inch official NASA color transparencies with include planetary images from Viking, Voyager, and Mariner. Rockets include Atlas, Delta, Tital, and Vanguard. Most have ID numbers.
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 Km 11573 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Armstrong, Neil and Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins. First on the Moon. Boxton 1970. Special leather-bound first edition, signed by eight astronauts. An account of the first lunar landing by the Apollo 11 crew. Signed by Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke, Fred Haise, Dave Scott, Deke Slayton, Tom Stafford, Jack Swigert, and John Young on the front endpaper.

[With:] Typed letter signed by Tom Stafford stating the book is from his personal library.
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Provenance: Tom Stafford

 Km 11574.01 [Space Collection: Signed Book] [Apollo-Soyuz]
The Partnership, A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, SP-2409. 1978. 8. Illustrated. Covers both the technical and political aspects of this historic mission

Km 11574.02 [Space Collection: Signed Book]
Apollo-Soyuz. 1976. 8. Describes results of the flight with photos and diagrams.

Both books inscribed with his flight title and signed by Tom Stafford on the half-title pages.

Km 11575.01 [Space Collection: Photograph Signed] [Apollo 11]
A NASA color photo of Buzz Aldrin with the United States Flag on the lunar surface. Approx. 11 x 14 inches. Signed by Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, and inscribed and signed by Buzz Aldrin

Km 11575.02 [Space Collection: Photograph Signed]
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the moon near the Lunar Module. Signed by Aldrin.

Provenance: From Astronaut Wally Schirra

Km 11576 [Space Collection: Photograph Signed]
Agena Spacecraft Aspect Indicator Instrument Model.

An agena spacecraft model inside an approx. 6 inch diameter sphere mounted on an 8 inch circular base. Overall height is approx. 18 inch. NASA used the Agena as docking target and high altitude propulsion system during the Gemini Program.  The instrument was designed as a visual aid relating to problems concerning aspect angles of maneuvering space vehicles.

The sphere containing the Agena has calibrated two axis movement as well as movement along the semi-circle mounting frame and a tilt movement at the center of the base stand. The instrument provided NASA and military space planners a means of measurement and interpretation from a given vehicle orientation.

[With:] Copy of an article describing uses related to actual flight and custom carrying case.

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Provenance: From the San Diego Aerospace Museum

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