Close to 600 artifacts would be up for auction in RR Auction's Space & Aviation online sale. Beginning on Thursday and running through May 22, there is a chance for all space lovers to buy interesting souvenirs.

From a signed photo of vanished pilot Amelia Earhart and items taken to the moon during the Apollo lunar missions form to be part of hundreds of aviation and space-related artifacts that are open for sale.

To help you a bit about the biddings, bid for a rotational hand controller used by Commander David Scott in Apollo 15 to fly and land his lunar module on the surface of the moon in 1971 starts at $10,000.

A Crewman Optical Alignment Sight put in use by Scott for star sightings during the lunar module phases of the mission has its bidding start at $2,500. In total, 70 items from Apollo 11 will be offered including artifacts of Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.

Richard Jurek, co-author of 'Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program' said the online sale is offering some of the greatest Apollo-era material. "While risking their lives during the most critical and historic phases of their mission, these are the items that the astronauts personally selected to retain as mementos", affirmed Jurek.

Items from Mercury, Gemini and other space shuttle missions will also be auctioned. Other artifacts on offer are signed maps, patches, photos and a complete spacesuit. RR auctions specialization lies in rare documents, autographs and historical artifacts. It would be its seventh auction based on human aviation and space exploration.