Mercury MA-6 flown heatshield fragment

What makes this cover especially compelling is its connection with a period of unprecedented change on Earth

adding important specialist provenance to an already exceptional flown artifact

and she later returned to the ISS and became the first European woman to command the station

The pair returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-18M in March 2016 with cosmonaut Sergey Volkov

Wernher von Braun – vintage annotated sketch 1950s all shuttle orbiter flown Mercury MA-6 flown heatshield fragmentWERNHER VON BRAUNANNOTATED ORIGINAL SKETCH Preparatory Illustration for Handbook on Space Travel Approximately 8 13 Inches Pencil Comments by Von Braun A fascinating original conceptual presentation sketch about waves in space by an unidentified artist and personally reviewed and annotated in pencil by pioneering rocket engineer and spaceflight advocate Dr. Wernher von Braun. Measuring approximately 8 13 inches, the artwork was reportedly prepared for