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Article: Pieces of Russian space history going on auction block in N.Y. Besides the hardware, notes and logs are drawing interest
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 15, 1996
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Americans will get a first-hand look and chance to buy some of
the earliest icons of Russian space history on Saturday when they go
on sale at Sotheby's auction house in New York.
Odds and ends ranging from battered space capsules and a retired
spy satellite to space suits made for both human beings and dogs are
among the most dramatic pieces to be offered. Initial offers for
pieces like the Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule, which looks more like an
overgrown pingpong ball than a space vehicle, range from $800,000 to
$1 million.
But historians also have expressed interest in log books and
notes from prominent Russian space designers and cosmonauts,
including Yuri Gagarin, the first man in ...