Now's your chance at a Game Boy from space
This Game Boy and its obligatory Tetris cartridge were taken aboard the Mir space station by cosmonaut Aleksandr A. Serebrov in 1993. It stayed in space for nearly 200 days, and was no doubt responsible for many lost hours of productivity. Now, it can be yours, along with a bunch of other cool stuff that's being auctioned off in New York on Thursday.
Below we've got a gallery of some of the most interesting lots from the 250 item auction, but if you're a space history buff, the entire gallery is worth a browse. And don't worry if you can't make it to New York: most items, including the Game Boy, can be bid on online.
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Flown neck tag of Ham, the first chimp in space. Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000
Concorde Model, 50% scale. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
Full-scale model of an F1 engine from a Saturn V rocket. Estimate: $15,000 - 25,000
Fastest flown American flag, reached 28,547 mph on Apollo 10. Estimate: $12,000 - 18,000
Nintendo Game Boy flown on Mir. Estimate: $1,500 - 2,000
Alexi Leonov's space suit from the Apollo-Soyuz orbital rendezvous. Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000
Lunar surface stopwatch, flown on Apollo 15. Estimate: $120,000 - 180,000
Lunar surface movie camera, flown on Apollo 14. Estimate: $60,000 - 80,000
Apollo 13 flight manual detailing last emergency engine burn. Estimate: $30,000 - 40,000
