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APOLLO XVII: Gene Cernan
(1934- , Commander, the eleventh man to walk on the Moon), signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the NASA image depicting Cernan seated in a full length pose wearing his spacesuit as he undergoes checks at Kennedy Space Centre prior to the launch of Apollo XVII on 6th December 1972. Signed in black ink to a clear area at the head of the image; Ron Evans (1933-1990, Command Module Pilot), signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Evans and his fellow Apollo XVII crew members Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt seated in half length poses in a row together at a dinner table. Signed by Evans in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding the date, November 1987, and the words Apollo 17 CMP in his hand beneath his signature. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150
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APOLLO ROCKET LAUNCHES: A good selection of individually signed 8 x 10 photographs by various Apollo astronauts etc., each of the images depicting an Apollo rocket launch, comprising James Lovell (1928- , Command Module Pilot of Apollo VIII, the colour official NASA image depicting the Apollo VIII launch from Kennedy Space Centre, 21st December 1968, signed by Lovell in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image), Rusty Schweickart (1935- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo IX, the NASA image depicting the Apollo VIII launch, signed and inscribed by Schweickart in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding the words Apollo 9 Lunar Module Pilot in his hand beneath his signature), Charlie Duke (1935- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI, the tenth man to walk on the Moon, the NASA image showing the launch of the Apollo XI Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Centre on 16th July 1969, signed by Duke in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding A-11 Support in his hand beneath his signature, a reference to Duke's role as Capsule Communicator of the Apollo XI support crew), Fred Haise (1933- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XIII, the NASA image showing the launch of the Apollo XIII Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Centre on 11th April 1970, signed and inscribed by Haise in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 13 LMP in his hand beneath his signature, some slight smudging), Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XIV, the sixth man to walk on the Moon, the colour official NASA image depicting the Apollo XIV liftoff from Kennedy Space Centre on 31st January 1971, signed by Mitchell in bold black ink to the image, adding Apollo 14 in his hand beneath his signature), Al Worden (1932- , Command Module Pilot of Apollo XV, the NASA image showing the Apollo XV Saturn V rocket launch from Kennedy Space Centre on 26th July 1971, signed by Worden in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 15 in his hand beneath his signature), Eugene Kranz (1933- , American Flight Director at NASA, known for his important role as lead flight director of the ill-fated Apollo XIII mission, the NASA image showing the Apollo XVI Saturn V rocket launch at Kennedy Space Centre on 16th April 1972, signed by Kranz in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding the words Flight Director in his hand beneath his signature) and Deke Slayton (1924-1993, Docking Module Pilot of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the colour official NASA image depicting the Apollo liftoff from Kennedy Space Centre on 15th July 1975 for its historic rendezvous with the Soviet spacecraft, signed by Slayton in black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image). A few with very slight, extremely minor corner creasing, VG to EX, 8 £200 - 300
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APOLLO SPLASHDOWNS: A good selection of individually signed 8 x 10 photographs by various Apollo astronauts, each of the images depicting an Apollo mission splashdown, comprising Walt Cunningham (1932- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo VII, the NASA image depicting one of the crew members of Apollo VII leaving the spacecraft following its splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean on 22nd October 1968, signed by Cunningham in black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image), Frank Borman (1928- , Commander of Apollo VIII, the NASA image showing one of the crew members of Apollo VIII being hoisted into a recovery helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown following the Apollo VIII splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on 27th December 1968, signed by Borman in bold black ink with his name alone at the base of the image), Charles Conrad (1930-1999, Commander of Apollo XII, the third man to walk on the moon, the colour NASA image depicting the Apollo XII spacecraft parachuting into the Pacific Ocean during splashdown, November 1969. Signed by Conrad in black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image), James Lovell (1928- , Commander of Apollo XIII, the NASA image showing the Apollo XIII Command Module splashdown, its three main parachutes collapsing above, in the South Pacific Ocean on 17th April 1970. Signed by Lovell in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image), Fred Haise (1933- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XIII, the NASA image showing the Apollo XIII Command Module, with its parachutes above, approaching splashdown in the South Pacific Ocean on 17th April 1970. Signed and inscribed by Haise in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 13 LMP in his hand beneath his signature), Al Worden (1932- , Command Module Pilot of Apollo XV, the colour NASA image showing the Apollo XV spacecraft gliding towards splashdown, with one of its three parachutes collapsed, in the Pacific Ocean on 7th August 1971. Signed and inscribed by Worden in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding the mission name Apollo 15 in his hand beneath his signature), Ken Mattingly (1936- , Command Module Pilot of Apollo XVI, the NASA image showing the Apollo XVI spacecraft descending with three parachutes to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on 27th April 1972, signed by Mattingly in black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image), Charlie Duke (1935- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI, the tenth man to walk on the Moon, the colour official NASA image depicting the Apollo XVI spacecraft approaching splashdown, with three open parachutes, in the Pacific Ocean on 27th April 1972. Signed by Duke in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image) and Ron Evans (1933-1990, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XVII, the NASA image capturing the Apollo XVII spacecraft shortly after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on 19th December 1972, with the prime recovery helicopter and prime recovery vessel, USS Ticonderoga, also visible in the image. Signed and inscribed by Evans in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 17 and the date, 29th August 1988, in his hand beneath his signature. A few with very slight, extremely minor corner creasing, VG to EX, 9 £250 - 350
Moonwalkers
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ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the NASA image captured by Lunar Orbiter II and showing a close-up of the Copernicus crater on the Moon, its 300 metre high mountains rising from the crater floor visible, and in the background the Carpathian mountains can be seen. Signed by Armstrong in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Some very slight surface creasing, largely to the edges and corners, otherwise about VG £300 - 400
The Lunar Orbiter II spacecraft, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter programme of 1966-67, was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the Moon's surface for selection and verification of safe landing sites for the Apollo missions.
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ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Aldrin, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose, in profile, on the Moon as he unfurls a long sheet of foil, also known as a Solar Wind Collector. The Apollo XI lunar module Eagle can be seen in the immediate background. Signed by Aldrin in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG £100 - 150
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ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 16 x 20 photograph, a classic image of Aldrin, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose on the Moon during the Apollo XI mission. Neil Armstrong, who captured the image, and the Lunar Module can be seen reflected in the visor of Aldrin's helmet. Signed ('Buzz Aldrin') in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. A few very light, extremely minor surface and corner creases, VG £150 - 200
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CONRAD CHARLES: (1930-1999) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XII (1969). The third man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting Conrad working at the Modular Equipment Stowage Assembly (MESA) on the Apollo XII Lunar Module during the first EVA of the mission. An S-Band antenna can be seen to the right. Signed by Conrad in bold black ink to a light area of the image, adding the words 'Cdr. Apollo XII' in his hand beneath his signature. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, VG £80 - 100
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CONRAD CHARLES: (1930-1999) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XII (1969). The third man to walk on the moon. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Conrad, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose on the Moon's surface at the side of Surveyor 3 and examining a television camera which was brought back to Earth by the crew of Apollo XII for scientific examination. Signed by Conrad in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo XII in his hand beneath his signature. VG £80 - 100
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BEAN ALAN: (1932- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XII, the fourth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting Bean standing in a full length pose, wearing his spacesuit, on the Moon during the Apollo XII extravehicular activity (EVA). The astronaut is seen using a fuel transfer tool to remove the fuel element from the fuel cask mounted on the Lunar Module, 19th November 1969. Signed by Bean in bold gold ink with his name alone to the image. Together with a second signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the atmospheric image showing Bean standing in a full length pose, wearing his spacesuit, on the Moon as he carries scientific apparatus from the Lunar Module during an EVA. The sun can be seen shining brightly in the left corner of the image. Signed by Bean in bold gold ink to the image, 'It was a bright day on the Moon, Alan Bean, Apollo XII'. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 120
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SHEPARD ALAN: (1923-1998) American Astronaut, the first American to travel in space as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven. Commander of the Apollo XIV mission and the fifth man to walk on the Moon. Signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image showing the Apollo XIV lunar module during the first Extravehicular Activity (EVA) of the mission. Signed by Shepard in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image. About EX £100 - 150
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SHEPARD ALAN: (1923-1998) American Astronaut, the first American to travel in space as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven. Commander of the Apollo XIV mission and the fifth man to walk on the Moon. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the NASA image captured from inside Antares, the lunar module of Apollo XIV, and depicting the United States flag on the surface of the Moon alongside a Modularised Equipment Transporter covered in a sheet of foil. Signed by Shepard in bold black ink to a clear area at the head of the image. About EX £100 - 150
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SCOTT DAVE: (1932- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo IX and Commander of Apollo XV. The seventh man to walk on the Moon. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the NASA image depicting Scott, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose at the side of the Lunar Rover on the Moon's surface. The rille can be seen in the immediate background. Signed ('Dave Scott') in black ink with his name alone to the left white border. About EX £100 - 120
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IRWIN JIM: (1930-1991) American Astronaut, Lunar Module pilot of the Apollo XV mission. The eighth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Irwin, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose as he salutes the United States flag at the Hadley-Apennine landing site during the Apollo XV mission. The Lunar Module and Lunar Roving Vehicle can also be seen. Signed by Irwin in black ink to a clear area of the image, also adding the greeting 'Happy Birthday - 13th' in his hand above the facsimile sentiment His Love From The Moon. EX £100 - 150
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DUKE CHARLES: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI. The tenth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 14 x 11 photograph, the image depicting Duke, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose on the Moon as he salutes the United States flag. The Apollo XVI Lunar Module can be seen at his side. Signed in bold gold ink at the head of the image, 'On the moon in the Descartes Highland Plain, Charlie Duke, Apollo 16'. Some very slight, extremely minor creasing to one corner, VG £80 - 100
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DUKE CHARLES: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI. The tenth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Duke, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose on the Moon's surface during a lunar extravehicular activity. The Apollo XVI lunar roving vehicle can be seen in the far distance. Signed by Duke with his name alone in blue ink to a light area at the base of the image. Together with a second signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the NASA image depicting Duke, wearing his spacesuit, standing alongside the lunar roving vehicle at Station Number 4, near Stone Mountain, during the second Apollo XVI extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. A gnomon can be seen in the foreground. Signed by Duke in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG, 2 £80 - 120
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CERNAN GENE: (1934- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XVII, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan is the eleventh man to walk on the Moon, and the last man on the Moon. Signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting Cernan wearing his spacesuit and standing in a full length pose on the Moon as he salutes the United States flag during the first Apollo XVII extravehicular activity (EVA) of the mission at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Signed by Cernan in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. Some very slight corner creasing and a few traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG £80 - 100
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CERNAN GENE: (1934- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XVII, the final Apollo lunar landing. Cernan is the eleventh man to walk on the Moon, and the last man on the Moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting Cernan, wearing his spacesuit, seated in the lunar roving vehicle alongside the Lunar Module during the early part of the first Apollo XVII moonwalk at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Signed by Cernan in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo XVII in his hand beneath his signature. VG £80 - 100
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SCHMITT HARRISON: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XVII mission. The twelfth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting Schmitt wearing his spacesuit and standing in a full length pose on the surface of the Moon alongside the United States flag at the Taurus-Littrow landing site during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo XVII mission. The Lunar Module 'Challenger' and Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the immediate background. Signed ('Jack Schmitt') in bold black ink with his name alone to the image. About EX £80 - 100
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SCHMITT HARRISON: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XVII mission. The twelfth man to walk on the Moon. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image showing Schmitt, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose on the Moon alongside a huge, split lunar boulder during the third extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site during the Apollo XVII mission. Signed ('Jack Schmitt') with his name alone in bold black ink to a clear area of the image. An extremely thin, minor trace of former mounting to the extreme edge of the upper white border and a few very slight wrinkles and surface creases to the image, about VG £80 - 100
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MOONWALKERS: Small selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various Moonwalkers comprising Charles Conrad (1930-1999) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XII, the third man to walk on the moon. Signed 8 x 10 photograph of Conrad in a full length pose, wearing his spacesuit, walking on the surface of the moon close to the Apollo XII Lunar Module. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image; Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XIV mission. The sixth man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph of Mitchell, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length pose on the moon's surface with the United States flag before him. Signed with his name alone in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image; and Charlie Duke (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI. The tenth man to walk on the moon. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Duke, wearing his spacesuit, standing in a full length profile pose on the surface of the moon and holding a piece of scientific apparatus in his hands. Signed in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 16 in his hand beneath his signature. VG to EX, 3 £150 - 200
Apollo Astronauts
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CUNNINGHAM WALT: (1932- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo VII mission. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the NASA image depicting Cunningham in a smiling head and shoulders pose wearing his spacesuit as he prepares for the liftoff of Apollo VII from Kennedy Space Centre on 11th October 1968. Signed in bold black ink to a light area at the base of the image, adding Apollo 7 in his hand beneath his signature. Together with a second signed 8 x 10 photograph, the NASA image showing the Apollo/Saturn 205 command service module being moved from the altitude chamber on 8th August 1968 in preparation of the Apollo VII mission. Signed by Cunningham in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG to EX, 2 £80 - 100
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BORMAN FRANK: (1928- ) American Astronaut, Commander of the Apollo VIII mission. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the iconic image depicting earthrise as viewed by Borman and his crew from the Apollo VIII spacecraft. Signed ('Col Frank Borman') in bold gold ink at the head of the image, adding the sentiment 'In the Beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth' in his hand, as well as the mission name Apollo 8 beneath his signature. Together with a signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image also showing the rising Earth as seen by the crew of Apollo VIII during their orbital flight around the Moon. Signed by Borman in black ink at the base of the image, his surname partially running across a darker area. Some light, minor tape stains to the lower white border of the second image, very slightly affecting the printed caption, and evidently caused by previous framing. A few very minor corner creases, VG, 2 £100 - 120
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BORMAN FRANK: (1928- ) American Astronaut, Commander of the Apollo VIII mission. T.L.S., Frank Borman, one page, 4to, Houston, Texas, 16th January 1969, to the United States Armoury in Stockport, Cheshire, on the printed stationery of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Borman thanks his correspondents for their telegram of congratulations on the successful completion of Apollo VIII and comments 'As crewmen of this historic first voyage around the moon, Jim [Lovell], Bill [Anders], and I appreciate your thoughtfulness in thus saluting man's first interplanetary mission….' Together with a signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph by Borman, the NASA image depicting Borman in a head and shoulders pose speaking to American President Lyndon B. Johnson shortly after coming on board the U.S.S. Yorktown following the successful completion of the Apollo VIII mission and landing in the Pacific Ocean on 27th December 1968. VG, 2 £100 - 120
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MCDIVITT JAMES: (1929- ) American Astronaut, Commander of the Gemini IV and Apollo IX missions. Small selection of individually signed 10 x 8 photographs by McDivitt, the different NASA images depicting McDivitt in training with Neil Armstrong and Ed White as they participate together in weightless flight; the Apollo IX command, lunar and service modules being mated with the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle instrument unit at Kennedy Space Centre on 5th December 1968; and McDivitt seated at a breakfast table alongside Apollo IX crew members Dave Scott and Rusty Schweickart and various other NASA mission officials in the crew quarters of Kennedy Space Centre on 3rd March 1969 a few hours prior to their scheduled launch. Each of the images are signed by McDivitt with his name alone to clear areas, two in green ink and one in blue ink. VG to EX, 3 £80 - 100
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SCOTT DAVE: (1932- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo IX and Commander of Apollo XV. The seventh man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Scott in a profile head and shoulders pose wearing his NASA spacesuit. Signed in blue ink to a clear area of the image, with a few additional characters in his hand beneath his signature, seemingly relating to his participation in the Gemini 8 mission. EX £100 - 120
Scott was a pilot on the Gemini 8 mission, his first spaceflight, and Neil Armstrong was Command Pilot.
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SCHWEICKART RUSTY: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo IX mission. Signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the NASA image showing an Earth-Sky view of the Bahamas, including Andros Island and the surrounding Ocean, as captured by the Apollo IX spacecraft in March 1969. Signed by Schweickart in black ink to a clear area of the image, 'To Bill Wirtz - Whatta Planet! Rusty Schweickart', and adding Apollo 9 in his hand beneath his signature. Together with a second signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting the Command Service Module Gumdrop in orbit during the Apollo IX mission. Signed by Schweickart in bold silver ink to the image, 'To Theron Pollock, Apollo 9 “Gumdrop”, Rusty Schweickart, LMP'. VG to EX, 2 £80 - 100
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COLLINS MICHAEL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI. Signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image showing Collins standing in a three quarter length pose, wearing his white spacesuit. The Apollo XI crew members Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, also both wearing their white spacesuits, can be seen seated in half length poses either side of Collins. Signed ('Mike Collins') in black ink to a clear area at the centre of the image. A couple of very slight, extremely minor corner creases, VG £200 - 300
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COLLINS MICHAEL: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XI, 1969. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting the ascent stage of the Apollo XI lunar module as captured from the command service module during their rendezvous in lunar orbit. In the background the Earth can be seen rising above the lunar horizon. Signed ('M. Collins') by Collins in bold black ink with his name alone to the left white border. VG £150 - 200
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SWIGERT JACK: (1931-1982) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of the Apollo XIII mission. Signed 2.5 x 4 photograph, the pale blue printed image depicting Swigert standing in a half length pose wearing his spacesuit. Issued to commemorate the Apollo XIII mission and with brief printed text beneath the image. Signed ('Jack Swigert') in blue ink with his name alone to the lower white border. A small American coin is affixed alongside the signature. Rare. VG £150 - 200
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HAISE FRED: (1933- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XIII mission. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the NASA image depicting the Apollo XIII space vehicle being rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39's Pad A at Kennedy Space Centre on 15th December 1969 ahead of the mission launch. Signed by Haise in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 13 LMP in his hand beneath his signature. Together with a second signed 8 x 10 photograph by Haise, the NASA image showing the Apollo XIII Command Service Module being moved in order to be mated with the Spacecraft Launch Adapter at the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building of Kennedy Space Centre on 10th December 1969. Signed by Haise in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 13 LMP in his hand beneath his signature. Some very slight, extremely minor scuffing to the upper white border of the first photograph, otherwise VG, 2 £80 - 100
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ROOSA STUART: (1933-1994) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of the Apollo XIV mission. Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image showing Roosa seated in a head and shoulders pose wearing his spacesuit. A large image of the Apollo XIV mission emblem can be seen in the immediate background. Signed by Roosa in black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. EX £80 - 100
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MITCHELL EDGAR: (1930-2016) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XIV mission. The sixth man to walk on the Moon. Small selection of three signed 8 x 10 photographs, the different images depicting Mitchell standing in a full length pose wearing the new Apollo spacesuit, July 1971, signed in bold black ink to a clear area at the base of the image, adding Apollo 14 in his hand beneath his signature; seated in a full length pose, with his fellow crew members, in a life raft attached to the Apollo XIV Command Module following splashdown, signed in bold black ink to the image, adding 'Three Voyagers from Deep Space' above his signature and the mission name Apollo 14 beneath his signature; standing in a three quarter length pose examining various moon rocks alongside a number of other individuals, signed in bold blue ink to the image, adding 'Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Houston, 2/19/71' above his signature and the words Apollo 14 LMP beneath his signature. Colour (1). VG to EX, 3 £80 - 120
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IRWIN JIM: (1930-1991) American Astronaut, Lunar Module pilot of the Apollo XV mission. The eighth man to walk on the Moon. A.L.S., Jim Irwin, one page, 4to, Colorado Springs, 24th May 1986, to Sean, on the printed stationery of the High Flight Foundation. Irwin states that he was pleased to have been with his correspondent at Ameripex '86 and thanks him for arranging his participation in the Space Unit programme and commenting 'I am hoping for great results on the Apollo 15 cover auction'. Irwin explains that the proceeds will go towards the missionary projects of the High Flight Foundation and further remarks 'I gave 25 of these covers to the Foundation and the others went to our children. Perhaps you could help us market the other covers? You could be an answer to prayer'. The astronaut also writes 'I spent a lot of time in Bethpage as I learned about the lunar module at Grumman. Your part of the country is very familiar to me'. Irwin concludes by subscribing his letter 'Your grateful friend from the Moon' and also adds the mission name Apollo 15 and a small drawing of the Moon beneath his signature. About EX £100 - 120
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DUKE CHARLES: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XVI. The tenth man to walk on the Moon. Small selection of three signed 8 x 10 photographs by Duke, each of them different images, the first depicting Duke standing in a full length pose during his final flight suit fit check at Dover, Delaware, ahead of the Apollo XVI mission, the second of the astronaut standing in a full length pose wearing his spacesuit and using a Thumper for firing charges as part of the Active Seismic Experiment during EVA training prior to the Apollo XVI mission, and the third showing Duke and his fellow Apollo XVI crew members John Young and Ken Mattingly standing on some helicopter steps on board the USS Ticonderoga following the successful splashdown of Apollo XVI on 27th April 1972. Each of the images are signed by Duke in bold black ink to clear areas and he has added the mission name Apollo 16 in his hand beneath each of the signatures. VG to EX, 3 £100 - 120
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EVANS RON: (1933-1990) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of Apollo XVII. Signed and inscribed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting the dramatic night time launch of the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo XVII launch from Kennedy Space Centre on 7th December 1972. Signed by Evans in blue ink to a clear area at the centre of the image, 'To Doug - Thanks for being with us - Ron Evans', also adding Apollo 17 in his hand beneath his signature. A couple of very light, extremely minor surface creases and some slight age wear, VG £100 - 150
Apollo XVII represented the final lunar landing mission of NASA's Apollo programme and was also the first night time lift off of the Saturn V rocket.
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EVANS RON: (1933-1990) American Astronaut, Command Module Pilot of the Apollo XVII mission. Signed and inscribed colour 12 x 10 photograph, the image depicting the astronaut performing his trans-Earth extravehicular activity (EVA) during the Apollo XVII mission. Signed in bold black ink to the lower photographer's mount 'To the Hank Overton Family - This is really being a Spaceman - Very best wishes, Ron Evans', also adding the Apollo XVII mission name and date, 6th - 19th December 1972, in his hand to the upper photographer's mount. Some very slight creasing to the photographer's mount and extremely minor discoloration to the edges, only very slightly affecting the inscription but not the signature, about VG £100 - 120
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SCHMITT HARRISON: (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XVII mission. The twelfth man to walk on the Moon. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Schmitt standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with one hand resting on a globe of the Moon. Signed ('Harrison H Schmitt') in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 17 in his hand beneath his signature. Together with a signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph by Schmitt, the official NASA image depicting Schmitt and the two other Apollo XVII crew members, Gene Cernan and Ron Evans, in an outdoors group pose together with the Moon Rover. All three wear their white spacesuits and in the background the Saturn Rocket of the Apollo XVII mission can be seen being rolled out in preparation for launch. The Apollo XVII mission emblem appears in the upper left corner. Signed by Schmitt in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, 'To George, Many thanks! Harrison H Schmitt, Apollo 17'. Some light traces of former mounting to the verso of the second photograph, VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150
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APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT: Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph by the two Soyuz crew members of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project of July 1975, comprising Alexei Leonov (1934- , Commander) and Valeri Kubasov (1935-2014, Flight Engineer). The official NASA image depicts the Soviet Soyuz 19 spacecraft as seen from the Apollo spacecraft commanded by Tom Stafford. Signed by both Leonov and Kubasov in bold black inks with their names alone to the lower white border, featuring English and Cyrillic printed text. Some very slight, extremely minor smudging to Kubasov's signature. VG £80 - 100
Skylab, Shuttle & Miscellaneous
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SKYLAB IV: Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by all three crew members of Skylab IV individually comprising Jerry Carr (1932- , Commander), Ed Gibson (1936- , Science Pilot) and Bill Pogue (1930-2014, Pilot). The dramatic official NASA image shows the launch of the Skylab IV/Saturn 1B space rocket from Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, on 16th November 1973. Signed by each of the astronauts in black inks to clear areas of the image, Gibson adding an inscription and the mission name Skylab III in his hand beneath his signature. A couple of very light, minor surface creases, VG £100 - 120
Skylab IV was the third manned Skylab mission and placed the final crew aboard the first American Space Station. The three manned Skylab missions were officially designated Skylab II, III and IV and mis-communication over the numbering resulted in the mission emblems reading Skylab I, Skylab II and Skylab III respectively, and also accounts for Gibson's notation of Skylab III on the present photograph.
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SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCHES: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs (and one very slightly larger) by various American astronauts who have participated in Space Shuttle missions comprising Jack Lousma (Commander STS-3, 1982), Terry Hart (Mission Specialist 1 STS-41-C, 1984), Loren Acton (Payload Specialist 1 STS-51-F, 1985), David Hilmers & Robert Stewart (Mission Specialists 1 & 2 STS-51-J, 1985), Daniel Brandenstein (3; Commander STS-49, 1992), David Leestma (Mission Specialist 2 STS-45, 1992), Stephen Oswald (Pilot STS-56, 1993) and Andy Thomas (Mission Specialist 1 STS-77, 1996). Each of the NASA images depict the launches of various Space Shuttles including Columbia, Challenger, Discovery etc. and all are signed to clear areas of the images, most of the astronauts also adding the mission names etc., beneath their signatures. Generally VG, 10 £100 - 150
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VON BRAUN WERNHER: (1912-1977) German-American Rocket Scientist. A good signed colour 10 x 8 photograph, the official NASA image depicting astronaut Alan Shepard driving the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the 'Grand Prix' run of the third extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo XVI mission at the Descartes Landing site on the Moon. Signed by Von Braun in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. Rare in this form. A couple of very slight, extremely minor creases to the upper two corners, otherwise about EX £200 - 300
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ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the moon. Signed and inscribed 9.5 x 7.5 photograph, the image showing a North American X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft in flight. Signed by Armstrong in turquoise ink to a clear area of the image. Unusual in this form. About EX £400 - 600
Armstrong was one of twelve test pilots to fly the X-15, completing a total of seven flights in the aircraft. During the 1960s the X-15 set various speed and altitude records, reaching the edge of outer space and collecting valuable data used in spacecraft design.
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NASA RESEARCH PILOTS: Selection of signed 10 x 8 photographs by various American Bell X-1 and X-15 Test Pilots comprising Milt Thompson, Robert Rushworth, Pete Everest, Chalmers Goodlin and Bill Dana. Each of the images, one of which is colour, depict various aircraft, most with the pilots in full length poses alongside. All are signed to clear areas of the images. VG to EX, 5 £100 - 120
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ASTRONAUT TRAINING: Alan Shepard (1923-1998) American Astronaut, the first American to travel in space as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven. Commander of the Apollo XIV mission and the fifth man to walk on the moon. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Shepard standing in a full length pose alongside his fellow Mercury Seven astronauts in a row, each of them wearing keffiyehs and desert robes following their desert survival training in Nevada, March 1962. Signed by Shepard in bold black ink to a clear area at the centre of the image; James McDivitt (1929- ) American Astronaut, Commander of the Gemini IV and Apollo IX missions. Signed 10 x 8 photograph, the image depicting McDivitt standing outdoors in a full length pose in a row alongside nine other astronauts including Neil Armstrong, Charles Conrad, James Lovell, Elliot See, Ed White and John Young, each of them wearing keffiyehs and desert robes during their desert survival training exercises at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada, August 1963. Signed by McDivitt in bold green ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG to EX, 2 £100 - 150
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MISSION CONTROL: An unusual selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger (1) by various Apollo astronauts etc., each of the images associated with Mission Operations Control Rooms, comprising Walt Cunningham (1932- , Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo VII, the official colour NASA image showing an overall view of the activity in the Mission Operations Control Room at Houston, Texas, on the first day of the Apollo VII mission, 11th October 1968, signed by Cunningham in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 7 in his hand beneath his signature), James McDivitt (1929- , Commander of Apollo IX, the official colour NASA image showing an overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room at Houston, Texas, and featuring a live television transmission being received on a large monitor from Apollo IX as it orbited the Earth, March 1969. Signed by McDivitt in bold green ink with his name alone to the upper white border), Al Worden (1932- , Command Module Pilot of Apollo XV, the NASA image depicting an overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room at Houston, Texas, at the time of an inflight EVA exercise being displayed on a large monitor, showing Worden retrieving film canisters from the service module, 5th August 1971. Signed by Worden in black ink to a clear area of the image, adding Apollo 15 in his hand beneath his signature), Tom Stafford (1930- , Commander of Apollo X, the NASA image showing the interior of the USSR Flight Control Centre in Moscow, with various NASA representatives, including Stafford, from the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission standing together in a group as they inspect the physical support/power distribution room of the centre during their tour, 21st January 1974. Signed by Stafford in black ink with his name alone to a dark area of the image) and Eugene Kranz (1933- , American Flight Director at NASA, known for his important role as lead flight director of the ill-fated Apollo XIII mission, the 11 x 8 reproduction image showing Kranz standing in a three quarter length pose, alongside his colleagues Glenn Lunney and Gerald Griffin, each smoking cigars, in the Mission Operations Control Room as they celebrate the successful splashdown of the Apollo VII spacecraft. Signed by Kranz in bold silver ink with his name alone to the image). VG to EX, 5 £100 - 150
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EARTH & MOON RISES: Small selection of signed 10 x 8 photographs by various astronauts, each of the images depicting the Earth or Moon, comprising Harrison Schmitt (1935- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo XVII mission. The twelfth man to walk on the Moon. The NASA image depicting the crescent Earth rising above the lunar horizon as seen from the Apollo XVII spacecraft. Signed ('Jack Schmitt') in bold black ink with his name alone to the image; Frank Borman (1928- ) American Astronaut, Command Pilot of Gemini VII and Commander of the Apollo VIII mission. The colour image showing the moon as seen from the Gemini VII spacecraft on 8th December 1965. Signed and inscribed by Borman in bold black ink to a clear area of the image; Tom Stafford (1930- ) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo X. The composite NASA image showing a three frame sequence of the Earth rise over the moon's horizon as captured from the Apollo X Lunar Module, May 1969. Signed by Stafford in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. A couple of very slight, extremely minor corner creases, VG, 3 £100 - 120
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ASTRONAUTS: Small selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various Apollo astronauts comprising Charles Conrad (Commander, Apollo XII; the third man to walk on the moon), Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo XIII), Tom Stafford (Pilot, Gemini VI; Command Pilot, Gemini IX; Commander Apollo X & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) and James McDivitt (Command Pilot, Gemini IV; Commander Apollo IX). Each of the images depict the astronauts in half or three quarter length poses wearing their spacesuits. All are boldly signed to clear areas and two are inscribed. Haise and Stafford have also added their various mission names beneath their signatures. VG to EX, 4 £100 - 150
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ASTRONAUTS: Selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by various Astronauts, each of them crew members of various Space Shuttle missions, comprising John Young (also Command Module Pilot of Apollo X, Commander of Apollo XVI and the ninth man to walk on the moon), Charles Precourt, Gregory Harbaugh, Franklin Chang-Diaz, James Wetherbee, Michael Foale, Bob Crippen, Jerry Ross and Brian Duffy. Each of the official NASA images depict the astronauts wearing their spacesuits or training suits and most are inscribed. VG to EX, 9 £100 - 150
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WOMEN IN SPACE: Selection of signed postcard photographs and slightly larger, 8 x 10s etc., by various female astronauts and cosmonauts comprising Valentina Tershkova (2; one with a very weak signature), Svetlana Savitskaya, Helen Sharman, Sally K. Ride, Eileen Collins and Ellen Ochoa. Some of the images are colour and most are portraits of the subjects, some photographs showing other space related images. Matted (1). VG to EX, 7 £100 - 150
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NASA: Collection of unsigned 8 x 10 photographs and some slightly larger, all of them official NASA images, most relating to various Apollo missions, also some Skylab and Shuttle missions etc., including group portraits of various crews including Apollo VIII, Apollo IX, Apollo X, Apollo XI, Apollo XII, Apollo XIII, Apollo XIV, Apollo XV, Apollo XVI, some images of various astronauts on the Moon including Buzz Aldrin, John Young, Alan Shepard, Dave Scott, Jim Irwin, Charles Duke, Harrison Schmitt etc., other images of the Moon's surface, rocket launches, Earth rises, Lunar Modules and EVAs, other images of planets and the solar system, moon rocks etc. The vast majority are colour and a few have autopen or facsimile signatures. Generally VG, 133 £80 - 100
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