NASA & Space Transportation Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s United States Air Force Space Command shoulder patch. The Space Command, headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, was activated on September 1, 198The patch is fully embroidered. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960 United States Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron jacket patch. Stationed at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, the 6593rd was born in 1958 with its mission being to recover space capsules which had re-entered the Earth's atmosphere as part of...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s jacket patch for the United States Air Force 810th Strategic Aerospace Division. Inactivated in 1971, the 810th was last stationed at Minot AFB, North Dakota. The patch is fully embroidered and shows a light blue shield...

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified circa 1970 Apollo patch, possibly for the United States Air Force. The patch is fully embroidered and reads Nihil Dat Quod Non Habet (No one gives what he doesn't have). VINTAGE: Circa 1970. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s or 1990s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Medal for Meritorious Service. The NRO is an intelligence agency concerned largely with satellite intelligence. The medal shows a satellite orbiting the globe on the front and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980s or 1990s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Medal for Superior Service. The NRO is an intelligence agency concerned largely with satellite intelligence. The medal has a satellite orbiting the globe on the front and is...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 Evans lighter with a factory-applied insignia for the United States National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which existed from 1915 until 1958.NACA became NASA in 1958. VINTAGE: Circa 1945. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s Johnson Space Center Fireman #3 badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1970s. SIZE: About 1-9/16" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated nickel with painted accents. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin with a drop in...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback copy of "Space Patches: From Mercury to the Space Shuttle" by Judith Kaplan and Robert Muniz. The book shows examples of astronaut and NASA personnel patches, as well as souvenir patches, and even some from Canada...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1970s NASA Skylab temporary mission decal worker pass/badge. Skylab was the first American space station, in orbit from 1973 through 1979. VINTAGE: Circa late 1970s. SIZE: Approximately 3-13/16" in height and 2-1/2" in...

ARTIFACT: 1970's Vintage NASA 30 year service pin in gold fill with green stone. The center of the pin. The lapel pin reads: "NASA" in the center in white enamel detail against a background of blue, a small round medallion shows the number "30" in...

ARTIFACT: Rare NASA Kennedy Space Center APOLLO 13 Launching Special Viewing Pass #228Unnamed, but most likely presented to Cleveland Newspaper Reporter Joseph Sikosky as it came with his APOLLO Soyuz Pass (see link below). The front of the pass is a...