From full-body Soviet space suits to a control panel once used on the space station Mir, the range of objects is pretty extraordinary; earlier space history-themed auctions at Bonhams have even ...

German artist and cosmonaut Andreas Hoge has unique tastes in Soviet space memorabilia. His collection ranges from cosmonaut-themed penholders to space cigarettes to one of the rare “dog space ...

which is obviously based on the Chinese Feitian space suit that was based, in turn, on the Soviet/Russian Orlan space suit that was originally flown on the Salyut space station missions and the ...

The Soviet Union established a near-permanent ... so that both could wear a Sokol space suit which would keep them safe in case of sudden decompression or other hazardous events.

"On a happier note, the subsequent Soviet redesigns and improvements to the Soyuz capsules (including space suits for ascent and descent) have been remarkably durable," Smith said. "Soyuz 11 was ...

Since the 1960s, space travelers have donned suits designed to protect them from ... Yet the first spacewalk, by the Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, took place in 1965. Later, 12 NASA astronauts ...

After he put away his flight suit, Gen. Stafford was the go-to guy ... flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died March 18 at a hospital in Satellite Beach ...