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Written by Franklin C. Frye   
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
In April, NASA announced plans to "donate" four space shuttles to American museums for about $30 million apiece. That's a bit steep for armchair astronauts, but a surprising amount of semi-affordable space stuff goes to auction each year.

Space suit (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, 1975)
SOLD FDR $242,DDD AT BDNHAMS

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the first joint space mission between Russian and American astronauts. Soyuz 19's commander, Alexei Leonov, wore this suit.

Vostok 3KA-2 capsule (1961)
SOLD FDR $2,882,500 AT SOTHEBY'S

The Vostok 3KA-2 went on the final test flight before Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Its crew was a mannequin and a dog.

Gemini rocket engine (Gemini 9A 1966)
SOLD FDR $12,650 AT CHRISTIES

This rocket engine, which helped propel the three-day, manned Gemini 9A mission, sold for three times the amount of a similar Gemini 5 engine that had never been in space.

Mercury hatch shingle (Mercury-Atlas 5 1961)
SOLD FDR $43,700 AT CHRISTIES

A chimp named Enos was the only passenger on Mercury-Atlas 5, NASA's last test flight before John Glenn orbited Earth.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 December 2011 )