Ben Branch
May 12, 2025
This is a miniature license plate for the Lunar Roving Vehicle, otherwise known as the Moon Rover. It was flown to the moon in the pocket of Apollo 15 Mission Commander Dave Scott, and…
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Ben Branch
July 10, 2023
This Omega Speedmaster was worn by Russian Cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev on Soyuz TM-9, a mission from February the 11th through till August the 9th 1990. Solovyev, who still holds the world records for number…
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Ben Branch
October 12, 2022
This is the Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer, it was co-developed by Omega and the European Space Agency (ESA) specifically to be suitable for use on both Earth or Mars. Omega is well-known as the company…
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Ben Branch
January 24, 2022
On April Fools Day of 2019 the American knife maker Ka-Bar made a comical post on their social media channels about a new model – the “Space-Bar” fighting knife designed for the then-new United…
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Ben Branch
December 20, 2021
This is the Case® Astronaut Knife M-1 it’s a modern reissue of one of the most famous machetes in world history – the machetes equipped to the Gemini and Apollo NASA missions for their…
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Ben Branch
July 14, 2021
This is an original early Space Shuttle model from McDonnell Douglas, it wasn’t the final design chosen for production of course but it does provide an interesting window into the history of the Space Shuttle program….
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Ben Branch
October 27, 2020
This is the original training control system console from NASA’s Gemini era, it’s a seated instrument panel with simulated attitude display indicators, flight director controllers, incremental velocity indicator, platform controls and indicators, manual data…
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Ben Branch
July 29, 2020
This NASA-approved shirt features the main control panel of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) better known as the “Moon Buggy”. The Moon Buggy has the unique distinction of being the first manned-automobile to ever…
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Ben Branch
February 6, 2020
This is the Millennium Falcon: Owners’ Workshop Manual by Haynes, it’s the best and most detailed look at the modified YT-1300 Corellian Freighter that was formerly owned by Lando Calrissian before he famously lost…
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Ben Branch
September 11, 2019
This Apollo Moon mission map shows the GOSS-Mission profile, it was originally published by the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight and it’s been signed by the original Apollo astronauts Fred Haise, Charlie Duke,…
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Ben Branch
August 18, 2019
NASA – Past And Present Dreams Of The Future is a book by Benedict Redgrove, it’s the result of 9 years of intensive work including exclusive behind the scenes access at NASA – the…
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Ben Branch
August 14, 2019
This is the Haynes Owners’ Workshop Manual for the legendary Star Wars TIE Fighter, one of the most memorable spacecraft from the Star Wars film, book, and video game universe. According Wookiepedia, the most…
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