Space sale
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Recently at the Bonhams auction in New York put up 296 lots related to space exploration of the USSR, Russia and the USA. Under the cut - spacesuits that flew into space Game Boy and other interesting lots from this auction. Nothing more, just a photo and a few details.
The third-generation Soviet orbital station Mir, which later became Russian, was the first station of a modular type. It was launched into orbit in February 1986, and in March 2001 it was flooded in the Pacific Ocean. The control panel from the MIR orbital station went for $ 9,375, or 333 thousand rubles. To enjoy its look - the photo is clickable, on the auction site you can even consider the signature on the keys.
But everyone wants a spacesuit, right? This is a space suit since the first manned space program of the United States "Mercury". The suit was sold for $ 44,000, despite the fact that it was damaged and it was no longer possible to play golf on the moon . In the photo - John Glenn during the pre-flight training. In that very suit. Of course, not only the American spacesuit was put up for auction. In this spacesuit, the legendary Alexei Leonov became the first person to go into outer space. The spacesuit was sold for $ 242,000, or for 8 598 783 rubles. The event dates back to March 18, 1965. This is a jumpsuit of the Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Levchenko, in which he worked on a Soyuz TM-4 manned spacecraft. The price at the auction was $ 5,490, or 195,071 rubles.
Anatoly Levchenko was part of the crew as an astronaut-researcher during take-off. Gennady Strekalov worked on this spacesuit on the Soyuz TM-10 manned spacecraft. Russian cosmonaut Alexander Serebrov in 1993 flew to the Mir space station. On board the Soyuz rocket was this same Nintendo Game Boy . One of three well-known prints of Buzz Aldrin’s boot has not yet been sold. It will cost from $ 20,000 to 30,000 dollars, in rubles it is from 710,000 to 1.1 million. On July 21, 1969, Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the lunar surface. This strap is notable for having spent more than 31 hours on the surface of the moon. Apollo flight path chart labeled “OUR PROBLEM OCCURRED 200,000 MILES FROM EARTH!”
Also among the lots - a number of posters and photographs.
Negatives frames from the surface of the moon.
Recently at the Bonhams auction in New York put up 296 lots related to space exploration of the USSR, Russia and the USA. Under the cut - spacesuits that flew into space Game Boy and other interesting lots from this auction. Nothing more, just a photo and a few details.
The third-generation Soviet orbital station Mir, which later became Russian, was the first station of a modular type. It was launched into orbit in February 1986, and in March 2001 it was flooded in the Pacific Ocean. The control panel from the MIR orbital station went for $ 9,375, or 333 thousand rubles. To enjoy its look - the photo is clickable, on the auction site you can even consider the signature on the keys.
But everyone wants a spacesuit, right? This is a space suit since the first manned space program of the United States "Mercury". The suit was sold for $ 44,000, despite the fact that it was damaged and it was no longer possible to play golf on the moon . In the photo - John Glenn during the pre-flight training. In that very suit. Of course, not only the American spacesuit was put up for auction. In this spacesuit, the legendary Alexei Leonov became the first person to go into outer space. The spacesuit was sold for $ 242,000, or for 8 598 783 rubles. The event dates back to March 18, 1965. This is a jumpsuit of the Soviet cosmonaut Anatoly Levchenko, in which he worked on a Soyuz TM-4 manned spacecraft. The price at the auction was $ 5,490, or 195,071 rubles.
Anatoly Levchenko was part of the crew as an astronaut-researcher during take-off. Gennady Strekalov worked on this spacesuit on the Soyuz TM-10 manned spacecraft. Russian cosmonaut Alexander Serebrov in 1993 flew to the Mir space station. On board the Soyuz rocket was this same Nintendo Game Boy . One of three well-known prints of Buzz Aldrin’s boot has not yet been sold. It will cost from $ 20,000 to 30,000 dollars, in rubles it is from 710,000 to 1.1 million. On July 21, 1969, Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the lunar surface. This strap is notable for having spent more than 31 hours on the surface of the moon. Apollo flight path chart labeled “OUR PROBLEM OCCURRED 200,000 MILES FROM EARTH!”
Also among the lots - a number of posters and photographs.
Negatives frames from the surface of the moon.
