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Albert Einstein's best known award in the present day was Time magazine's Person of the Century. "He was the embodiment of pure intellect, the bumbling professor with the German accent, a comic cliche in a thousand films," Time wrote. "Instantly recognizable, like Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Albert Einstein's shaggy-haired visage was as familiar to ordinary people as to the matrons who fluttered about him in salons from Berlin to Hollywood. Yet he was unfathomably profound - the genius among geniuses who discovered, merely by thinking about it, that the universe was not as it seemed."

Science

Einstein paper heads for auction tonight – a bargain in the offing?

A six-page autograph manuscript by Albert Einstein entitled "The Essence of the Theory of Relativity" is being auctioned tonight, and scientific voyeurs can watch all the fun as the heavy-hitters come out to play, as the sale will be live online.

The checklist included notes for Cernan's last words on the Moon

Astronomy

Checklist from last Apollo lunar mission sells for almost US$800,000

A piece of space history has sold at auction for US$744,994 after the moondust-besmirched checklist Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan wore on his spacesuited wrist during the last crewed lunar mission went on the block at RR Auctions.

Science

Wernher von Braun's 1950's "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" archive up for auction

Wernher von Braun's archive of signed technical drawings, schematics, orbital diagrams, and mathematical calculations related to his efforts to sell an ambitious space program to the American public is the centerpiece of the Space and Aviation Auction at Boston-based RR Auction through April 19.

The secret pouch that contained US flags and was carried unknowingly by Commander Scott on Apollo 15

Astronomy

Secret pouch from Apollo 15 up for auction

A secret pouch that flew on the 1971 Apollo 15 mission is up for auction as part of a sale of space memorabilia. It was carried to the surface of the Moon unwittingly by Mission Commander David Scott inside his spacesuit's life support pack..

A drill chuck, which flew on Apollo 15, is expected to fetch US$50,000 at auction

Astronomy

Apollo 15 drill chuck that helped bore into lunar surface up for auction

The chuck used by Apollo 15 Mission Commander David Scott that was part of the Apollo Lunar Surface Drill is up for auction at RR Auction, where it's expected to fetch US$50,000.

The prototype moon buggy is shown here being piloted by Wehrner von Braun, the vehicle is considered an important part of space history

Astronomy

Prototype moon buggy saved from junkyard goes to auction

A prototype of a 1960s moon buggy once thought to have been broken down for scrap has been rediscovered after many years in a suburban backyard and is heading for auction.

The 500mm lens was used on the Moon with a Hasselbald lunar camera similar to this one

Astronomy

Zeiss telephoto lens used on Apollo 15 up for auction

The Zeiss Tele-Tessar 500mm f/8 telephoto lens used by Commander David R Scott on the Moon during the Apollo15 mission in 1972 is going up for auction.

The Lunar Module rotational hand controller used by Dave Scott on board Apollo 15’s Lunar Module Falcon that is up for auction

Astronomy

Apollo 15 joystick among hundreds of air and space memorabilia items up for auction

RR Auctions is putting hundreds of items up for bid as part of an auction of air and space memorabilia ranging from the Wright brothers to the present day. Amongst a number of standout items is the joystick from the Apollo 15 Lunar Module, which goes on the block with a starting bid of US$10,000.