Astronauts

Apollo CSM “Cobra Head” communications control assembly

This beautifully crafted communications control assembly was used for routing communications, biomedical signals, and warning tones. The control head, often referred to as a “Cobra Head”...

Apollo 13 flown couch material Lucite intended for Apollo 13 movie VIPs

The bottom of this fascinating artifact reads: “This is a segment of the actual backing restraint material removed from mission commander James A Lovell’s spacecraft couch aboard the...

Russians in Space

This interesting book about Russians astronauts and the Russian space program by Evgeny Riabchikov is an excellent English language primer on the subject. My copy has been signed by Valentina...

Signed astronaut biographies

I collect signed astronaut and other Apollo biographies. Since I am a writer (three books so far) and I know what it takes to write a book I find that signed books are more interesting than the signed...

First Man on the Moon pennant

After the Apollo 11 astronauts returned to earth in July 1969, the whole of America (and the world) went moon crazy. Souvenirs of all kinds were created. I like this pennant—it’s classic of the time...

Apollo 11 prime crew photo with autopen signatures

The astronauts became famous celebrities and many people wanted their autographs. When requests came in to the astronaut offices in Florida or Houston they were often fulfilled by using an autopen...

Emergency Cabin Repressurization procedures card from Apollo 16

This card was used in training by the astronauts of the Apollo 16 mission. It outlined the procedures to repressurize the cabin of the Command Module in an emergency. The card has duct tape on the...
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