posted 02-23-2025 05:48 PM               

To make things interesting: I'll keep listing items on this thread; as soon as I've sold enough to pay off the trip I'll be closing all sales. So, check back regularly and if you see something you want - buy it!

posted 02-23-2025 05:51 PM               

The Spacelabs were built by the ESA and first flown on shuttle missions STS-9 and STS-26/STS-51-F, with components of the Spacelab system eventually flying on dozens of shuttle missions. These models came direct from the estate of a senior British ESA manager who worked on integrating joint missions between NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA, including over 20 launches to construct the ISS. A detailed 60 page biography of their original recipient, written by his son, is included with these models.

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• Spacelab 1 Gallery
  
• Spacelab 2 Gallery

This pair in near-mint condition are offered as a set for $1400.

posted 02-24-2025 12:20 PM               

Zvezda is the first habitable module that was launched to the ISS, docking to the main structure in 2000. The core of the spacecraft was originally conceived and partly constructed as the Soviet Mir-2. This model came direct from the estate of a senior British ESA manager who worked on integrating joint missions between NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA, including over 20 launches to construct the ISS. A detailed 60 page biography of their original recipient, written by his son, is included with this model.

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• Zvezda ISS Module Gallery

The model is in excellent condition, with only a single fault; one of the panel arrays has been re-glued to its metal truss, leaving a thin faint line of discolouration on the underside of the panel.

posted 02-26-2025 05:10 PM               

The Soyuz TM (and the externally identical TMA spacecraft that succeeded it) flew ISS & Mir crew flights between 1986 and 2012. This model came direct from the estate of a senior British ESA manager who worked on integrating joint missions between NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA, including over 20 launches to construct the ISS. A detailed 60 page biography of their original recipient, written by his son, is included with this model.

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• Soyuz TM/TMA Gallery

This rare Soyuz model is in near-mint condition and priced at $400.

posted 03-02-2025 06:32 AM               

The Europa 2 was a four stage rocket built and launched by ELDO, the predecessor to ESA, utilising the British Blue Streak launcher as its first stage. The Europa 2 was the final flown iteration, making its sole flight in November 1971. This model came direct from the estate of a senior British ESA manager who previously worked on the British space program. A detailed 60 page biography of their original recipient, written by his son, is included with this model.

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• Europa 2 Rocket

posted 03-04-2025 03:59 PM               

The Canadarm first flew on the STS-2 shuttle mission in 1981; the ERA was launched to the ISS in 2021. These models came direct from the estate of a senior British ESA manager who worked on integrating joint missions between NASA, Roscosmos and the ESA, including over 20 launches to construct the ISS. A detailed 60 page biography of their original recipient, written by his son, is included with these models.

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• Canadarm Gallery
• ISS ERA Gallery

These two models are in excellent condition and offered as a set at $120.

posted 04-20-2025 06:31 AM               

This Lunar Module contractor model came direct from the estate of Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister who personally received visits from the Apollo 11 crew and Frank Borman of Apollo 8 in the wake of their successful missions.










The following day they were hosted by Wilson at 10 Downing Street, as seen here, and earlier the same year Wilson received Borman at 10 Downing Street on February 4th, shown here.

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• Lunar Module Gallery

posted 08-18-2025 11:31 AM               

SOLD - Apollo A7L Spacesuit Liner made for Apollo 7 LMP Walt Cunningham

This is an Apollo A7L spacesuit liner, custom sized for Apollo 7 LMP Walt Cunningham. It was manufactured in December 1967 by ILC, makers of the Apollo spacesuits. The liner served as an easily removed washable layer forming the innermost part of spacesuit assembly. Velcro strips at the neck, wrists and in the opening at the back would adhere to matching strips inside the main pressure garment assembly. Small openings tailored into the chest, neck and wrists areas allowed connectors to pass through the liner, for example to the bio-instrumentation harness attached to the skin.









This liner has been modified at some point, resulting in the removal of the bottom 2 to 3 inches of the legs. Overall the fabric of the liner shows signs of use and wear, with scattered discolouration/staining and a short 1-inch tear at the top of the rear opening. The velcro strips, shoulder inserts, pass through openings and the metal snap fastener are all present and in good shape.

Seemingly uniquely amongst the flown Apollo suits, Cunningham's Apollo 7 mission suit was extensively altered post-flight at the MSC suit development lab, including the addition of a prototype Shuttle EMU-style waist connector. The cropping of this liner's legs may relate in some way to these modifications, but there is no definitive documentary evidence linking the liner to the flown suit. It is interesting to note that in Smithsonian photos of Cunningham's Apollo 7 flight suit the liner is not present, unlike many of the suits in their collection.

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posted 08-18-2025 04:45 PM               

This is a Gemini G2C spacesuit liner, custom sized for Air Force parachutist Staff Sergeant William E. Powers. It was manufactured in August 1963 by the David Clark Company, makers of the Gemini spacesuits. The liner served as an easily removed washable layer forming the innermost part of the spacesuit assembly. Velcro strips at the neck, wrists, ankles and in the opening at the back would adhere to matching strips inside the main pressure garment. Two panels are tailored into the chest, with covers attached by metal snap fasteners, and a smaller opening in the neck is also opened/closed with a snap fastener; as with the Apollo suit, these allow for connectors to pass through the liner.

Running from the chest panel and down each leg is a 'duct guard', a thick abrasion resistant layer designed to prevent crushing the air ducts that ran from the suit's chest connectors almost down to the feet, providing better airflow circulation. The Smithsonian's photos of Ed White's spacesuit liner from the Gemini 4 flight show an apparently identical design.









As forum member William Laine notes, his research has shown that some G2C Ballute test suits were subsequently reused by Gemini astronauts during training, providing photographic examples of both Laine and Kanowski's suits.

This liner is in superb condition, with only a few very small discolouration marks on the fabric. The velcro strips, removable panels, duct guards and the metal snap fastener are all present and in excellent shape.

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posted 08-19-2025 06:04 PM               

This is a pair of Apollo A6L Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment (TMG) Trousers, sized 'Regular/Herman' most likely intended for a spacesuit test subject. This lunar EVA suit component was manufactured in October 1966 by ILC, makers of the Apollo spacesuits.

Unlike previous prototypes the A6L suit was the first lunar-surface qualified suit delivered to NASA: without the Apollo 1 fire it would likely have seen use on the initial landings. The most obvious design difference between the A6L and the subsequent A7L suits can be seen in the implementation of the TMG layers. Providing insulation from the extremes of temperature and the possible impact of tiny dust-sized meteorites during the lunar EVAs, the A6L TMG was designed as a removable outer layer, comprising an over-jacket and trousers. To facilitate donning the thickly padded TMG trousers over the pressure suit, zips run from each ankle up the leg; the left zip continues all the way to the waist, allowing for the the trousers to be opened up and 'unwrapped' from the astronaut once a single leg has been removed.









At least two suit items sized for 'Herman' have been brought to the collector market previously. A pair of lunar A6L boots, very likely from the same suit as these trousers, were offered and sold individually by RR Auctions for $20K each.

These A6L TMG trousers are largely in excellent condition, with only a few very small discolouration marks on the fabric. The foil/marquisette layers around the waist are heavily worn and torn in several places, but beyond this area the inner layers are in very good shape. The zips opening both legs are operable with care, and the velcro strips securing the flaps covering these zips are in good condition.

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