Gallery: Buying Space Memorabilia Can Be Cheaper Than You’d Think
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Survival school for the Mercury 7, signed by six. ($1,200-$1,800)
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A full scale vintage Sputnik-1 lab model ($10,000-$15,000)
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Space suit worn by flight engineer Don Pettit on his dramatic return to Earth after the Columbia disaster. ($25,000-$35,000)
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Astronaut hand casts used in making space suit gloves. ($6,000-$9,000)
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Yuri Gagarin's flight map ($800-$1,200)
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Astronaut training ($1,500-$2,500)
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110 pieces of lunar photography ($1,200-$1,800)
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Japan Is Attempting an Audacious Mission to Sample a Martian Moon
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The Tesla Roadster 2 Is Here—and It Flies
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WIRED and its panel of watch experts hunted for real mechanical timepieces at rock-bottom prices and found a wealth of options. Here are our favorites.
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Harry Rabinowitz
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