The gold-toned Kapton foil—used as critical thermal protection on the lunar module—represents a rare surviving component from the hardware that carried astronauts to the Moon

The North American X-15 rocket plane was part of the USAF/NASA/USN X-series of experimental aircraft and set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s

reached an altitude of more than 100 nautical miles

He took several hundred seeds on the mission

A spectacular voyage with several postmarkers

STS-82 Hubble – FLOWN bay liner presentation Challenger The gold-toned Kapton foil—used asSTS 82 Discovery flown payload bay liner 8x6'' laminated presentation containing a flown payload bayliner fragment from the Space Shuttle Discovery flown on STS 82. Originally issued by renowned Space expert Ken Havekotte.