Sokol space suit

Space Technology

1991

British astronaut, Helen Sharman's Sokol spacesuit made by Zvezda. Sharman wore this rescue suit during the space flight on board the SOYUZ-TM-12 and MIR spacecraft in May 1991. Space suit model number KV-2 No. 167.

Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

Space Technology

2015

Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”, Russia, 2015

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon l

Space Technology

1969

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon landing 1969.

Black Knight re-entry head, sectioned, 1957

Space Technology

1957

Black Knight re-entry head, sectioned, 1957

Rocket test vehicle (RTV 1) c. 1950

Space Technology

1950

Rocket test vehicle (RTV 1) c. 1950

Full size Black Arrow rocket third stage booster

Space Technology

Full size Black Arrow rocket third stage booster, code named 'Waxwing', plus satellite turntable and base

Sokol KV-2 emergency suit

Space Technology

2015

Sokol KV-2 emergency suit as worn by British ESA astronaut Tim Peake during the Principia mission to the International Space Station, 2015-16, RD&PE ‘Zvezda’ Joint-Stock Company, 39 Gogol Street, Tomilino, Moscow Region, 140070 Russian Federation.

Space food, bacon sandwich made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's journey to the International Space Station, ALTEC

Space Technology

2015

Space food, bacon sandwich made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's journey to the International Space Station, ALTEC. Italy, 2015

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

Space Technology

1968

Apollo 11 passive seismic experiment package - full size model

Apollo 11 laser retro-reflector, 1969.

Space Technology

1968

Apollo 11 laser retro-reflector - full size model

Apollo 17 Space Suit Replica

Space Technology

1982-2002

Apollo 17 A7LB Lunar Extravehicular Mobility Unit Space Suit, replica, by Guard-Lee Inc., c. 1982-2002. The A7LB space suit was used between 1971 and 1975 on Apollo missions 15 to 17, the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz projects.

1:72 model Space Shuttle Stack including mobile launch platform and flame trench

Space Technology

1996

1:72 model Space Shuttle Stack including mobile launch platform and flame trench.

X3 satellite 'Prospero', with associated handling equipment

Space Technology

1971

X3 'Prospero' satellite, flight spare, with associated handling equipment, designed and made by British Aircraft Corporation, Bristol, England, 1971

Full-size model Beagle 2 spacecraft, 2002

Space Technology

2002

Beagle 2 Mars lander, model, scale 1:1, Spacecraft developed by Open University Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute (PSSRI), Milton Keynes, UK, 2002

Dehydrated space food

Space Technology

Four cheese cracker cubes, supplied as dehydrated space food by the NASA Apollo Programme.

Model of Pioneer 10/11 Spacecraft, c. 1972

Space Technology

1972 (original)

Model of Pioneer 10 (11) spacecraft, scale 1:48, original launched 3 March 1972 (6 April 1973).

Space food, Operation Raleigh (salmon) made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's trip to the International Space Station, by Altec.

Space Technology

2015

Space food, Operation Raleigh (salmon) made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's journey to the International Space Station, ALTEC. Italy, 2015

Model of Viking 1 orbiter space probe, c. 1975

Space Technology

1975 (original)

Viking spacecraft orbiter (cruise model) scale model 1:48, original launched 20th August 1975.

Space food, Sausage sizzle made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's trip to the International Space Station

Space Technology

2015

Space food, Sausage sizzle made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's journey to the International Space Station, ALTEC. Italy, 2015

Lime curd space food made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake

Space Technology

2015

Space food : lime curd made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's trip to the International Space Station, by Altec, 2015.

Space food, truffled beef stew made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station, ALTEC

Space Technology

2015

Space food: truffled beef stew made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station, ALTEC, Italy, 2015

Dehydrated space food

Space Technology

Dehydrated orange juice in a plastic bag with a mouth tube developed for the NASA Apollo Programme.

Model of Mars Expedition Viking Lander, 1976

Space Technology

1976 (original)

Model 1:2 Viking Mars Lander (1976)

Model of Mars 3 spacecraft, 1971

Space Technology

1971 (original)

Model of Mars 3 spacecraft, scale 1:48, original launched 28 May 1971

Dehydrated space food

Space Technology

Dehydrated sugar cookie space food from NASA Apollo Programme.

Space food, chicken curry made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station

Space Technology

2015

Space food, chicken curry made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's mission to the International Space Station, Altec, Italy, 2015

Sample of Apollo spacesuit material

Space Technology

1965-1972

Sample of Apollo spacesuit material, made by ILC Industries Inc. Delaware, USA. An employee from ILC Dover confirmed that the layers that make up the material are: rubber coated nylon, aluminised mylar film, non woven dacron, aluminised kapton film/beta marquisette laminate, and teflon-coated yarn beta cloth. A diagram is attached as a file to this record.

Model of Vostok 1, scale 1:24.

Space Technology

1964

Model of Vostok 1, scale 1:24.

Sputnik 1 satellite, 1957.

Space Technology

1957

Replica Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, 1957

Soyuz-Mir Space Toilet

Space Technology

Soyuz-Mir Space toilet, (ca 1970s) with white enamelled metal faeces collection unit and molded plastic urine nozzle, plastic handle, valve labelled in Cyrillic, two two-metre long attached suction tubes, and outlet attachment.

Model of Pioneer's Venus expedition spacecraft, 1978

Space Technology

1978 (original)

Pioneer Venus spacecraft (launched 1978) model, scale 1:48

Model of Mariner 10 spacecraft, 1973.

Space Technology

1973

Model of Mariner 10 spacecraft, scale 1:48, original launched 3 November 1973

Space food, Stewed apples made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's trip to the International Space Station, by Altec.

Space Technology

2015

Space food, stewed apples made in collaboration with Heston Blumenthal for Tim Peake's journey to the International Space Station, ALTEC. Italy, 2015

Vostok 1 capsule, 1961.

Space Technology

1961

1:6 scale model of U.S.S.R. Vostok 1 capsule

NASA Flight Simulator Chair, 1981-1995

Space Technology

1981

NASA Flight Simulator Chair, 1981-1995, NASA, Houston USA

Box for NASA Space Shuttle Model

Space Technology

1988

Box for model of NASA space shuttle with fuel tank and boosters, made by Monogram, Illinois,; contains components.

Apollo EVA spacesuit model representing Aldrin

Space Technology

Apollo EVA spacesuit model representing Aldrin

Main parachute in bag from Soyuz descent module TMA-19M, Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”

Space Technology

2015

Main parachute in bag from Soyuz descent module TMA-19M, Soyuz TMA-19M descent module, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation “Energia”, Russia, 2015

NASA Space Station Toy

Space Technology

1965

Battery operated toy NASA space station made by Horikawa, Japan, late 1960s.

space food

Space Technology

Sample of space food: Pineapple & Grapefruit drink.

Costume top made by Berman and

Space Technology

1974

Costume top made by Berman and Nathans, London, for the television series 'Space 1999' c.1974

Russian Space Suit Mirror

Space Technology

Russian Space Suit Mirror worn by cosmonaut Alexander Poleshchuk, during his visit to the Mir Space Station in 1993.

Flight Spare 3-Axis Magnetometer for HEOS 1 Satellite, 1968

Space Technology

1966-1968

Three-axis magnetometer, serial no. 1603, experiment S24A1 flight spare for HEOS-1 satellite, originally made by Schonstedt (USA) and adapted by P. C. Hedgecock (Imperial College)

Scale model (1:6) of the Hipparcos (High Precision Parallax Collecting Satellite) astrometry spacecraft

Space Technology

1984-1985 (model); 1989 (original launched)

Model of Hipparcos astronomy satellite spacecraft, scale 1:6, made by ESA (European Space Agency), 1984-1985.

Infrared Space Observatory, model, 1:25(early 1990

Space Technology

early 1990s

Infrared Space Observatory, model, 1:25(early 1990s)

Flight Spare Proton Telescope for ESRO 2 Satellite, 1968

Space Technology

1966-1968

Proton telescope with 4 solid-state detectors, experiment S27 flight spare for ESRO-2 satellite, made by McMichael Ltd., England, 1966-1968, for R. J. Hynds, Imperial College. Used to measure low-energy protons.

Two packets of seeds, one packet exposed to space and one control packet

Space Technology

1984-1989

National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) envelope marked "Space Shuttle STS-32/Columbia", containing two sachets marked "Space Exposed Seed" and "Earth-based seed" respectively

Joint European X-Ray telescope (JET-X), British, 1989

Space Technology

1989

Joint European X-Ray telescope (JET-X), never flown - built for Russian SPECTRUM mission which was cancelled after breakup of Soviet Union (see note)

Fisher Space Pen, model AG7

Space Technology

1969

ball-point pen, Fisher Space Pen, model AG7, (the Astronaut Pen or Anti-Gravity pen) as used by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11, 1969, with tungsten carbide tip, hermetically sealed and pressurised ink reservoir, patented 1965 (#3,285,228: Anti-Gravity Pen) developed by Paul C. Fisher

Dan Dare Space Control Station Toy

Space Technology

1955-1965

Dan Dare space control radio station toy, in box; catalogue no. 3110.