Outer Space Trading Card Guide

From real life heroes of science and space like Albert Einstein and Neil Armstrong to fictional sci-fi heroes like Captain Kirk and Spock, and even cards that feature actual NASA space flown materials, trading cards capture the history and potential of Outer Space in a unique and highly engaging manner. Below is a look at a handful of interesting cards that venture into the hobby's great beyond, where imagination and reality collide on cardboard.

1952 Look N See #20 Albert Einstein SP

1967 Leaf Star Trek Trading Cards

1968-1972 2001: A Space Odyssey 11"x 14" Lobby Cards

1969 Topps/O-Pee-Chee Man on the Moon

1977 Topps Star Wars Trading Cards

2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes of Spaceflight Space Flown Relics and Patches

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Chris Kraft #124 signed autograph auto 2009 Topps American Heritage Card BAS

$95.00

Gerry Griffin #124 signed autograph 2009 Topps American Heritage BAS Slabbed

$100.00

American Heritage Junior Library AMERICANS IN SPACE FEHB 1965

$31.77

American Heritage Junior Library AMERICANS IN SPACE FEHB 1965

$30.00

2009 Heritage American Heroes Edition of Space Flight Jim Lovell Buzz Aldrin 0t2

$11.74

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSD7 Discovery Space Shuttle Thermal Blanket Card

$52.45

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSE4 Endeavour Space Shuttle Payload Liner Card

$52.45

American Heritage Heroes Spacelab Space-Flown Wiring HSFR-SL Card Topps 2009

$52.45

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSA4 Atlantis Space Shuttle Payload Bay Liner Card

$52.45

2009 American Heritage Heroes of Spaceflight Relics #SSA3 Space Shuttle Atlantis

$59.99

2009 Topps Heritage American Heroes Edition Space Shuttle Discovery 7xr

$52.29

2009 Topps Heritage American Heroes Edition of Space Flight Project Gemini 0e2x

$2.78

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSD4 Discovery Space Shuttle Payload BayLiner Card

$52.45

American Heritage Magazine November 1992 Lost in Space with NASA No Label VG

$13.45

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSA3 Atlantis Space Shuttle Payload Bay Liner Card

$52.45

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSE5 Endeavour Space Shuttle Payload Liner Card

$52.45

2009 Topps Heritage American Heroes Edition of Space Flight Project Gemini x9h

$2.09

American Heritage Heroes HSFR-SSD5 Discovery Space Shuttle Payload BayLiner Card

$52.45

2009 Topps American Heritage Heroes Spaceflight Relics Space Shuttle Discovery

$40.54

American Heritage of Invention & Technology Fall 2001/VOL 17/#2,Docking In Space

$12.31