Space & Aviation
Today in history... Nixon sets the Space Shuttle program in motion
January 5, 1972 saw the President's last contribution to space exploration before scandals broke
Early plane found in Antarctica
Nearly a century on, the first British Vickers plane is yielded up by the ice
German flying ace's medals to sell online
Adolf Ritter von Tutschek's three distinguished medals are essential pieces of WW1 and aviation history
Today in history... Galileo is the first to see Neptune
December 28, 1612: he spots the eighth planet from our Sun... and mistakes it for a star
From the Moon, Mars and ...Mercury?
Meteorites worth up to $30k from various heavenly bodies come to auction
Today in history... Man's first broadcast from space
December 24, 1968: Apollo 8 transmits the first space footage to stunned TV viewers back home
A $20k astronomy book in time for Christmas?
German firm Ketterer Kunst is among the auctioneers offering post-auction collectibles
$65k iron meteorite 'sculpture' to star at auction
A Gibeon octahedrite with an unusual shape will go under the hammer in Texas
Today in history... The launch of Soyuz 13
December 18, 1973: after the failure of two space stations, Russia tries its first space science mission
Fred Haise receives Moon rock award
The Apollo 13 lunar module pilot has donated NASA's gift to his old elementary school
The Collections of Darryl Pitt
Curator of the Macovich collection of meteorites supplying auctions and celebrities round the world
