Stamp Collection Honoring the United States Space Program

For years, the U.S. Post Office has been printing stamps that commemorated the accomplishments of NASA, its space missions, the brave men who risked their lives to travel into space, and other space-related subjects.

The following stamps are from the collection of Dr. Don Bray, member of the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club.

Issue Date: February 20, 1962

Stamp Photo: “Friendship 7” space capsule flown by John Glenn in the first successful orbit of the Earth

Issue Date: October 5, 1964

Stamp Photo: Stamp honors Robert Goddard, an American physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fuel rocket. He is considered to be the father of the modern rocket.

Issue Date: September 29, 1967

Stamp Photo: Celebration of NASA's 9th anniversary

Issue Date: May 5, 1969

Stamp Photo: In honor of Apollo 8, NASA's attempt to send a man around the moon

Issue Date: September 9, 1969

Stamp Photo: Celebrates Armstrong's first step on the moon

Issue Date: August 2, 1971

Stamp Photo: Celebrates flight of Apollo XV and anniversary of John Glenn's Mercury flight

Issue Date: April 23, 1973

Stamp Photo: The astronomer Copernicus theorized that the sun, not the earth, was in the center of our solar system.

Issue Date: May 14, 1974

Stamp Photo: Celebrates the first anniversary of the launching of Skylab I

Issue Date: February 28, 1975

Stamp Photo: Space probe to study Jupiter - passed approximately 81,000 miles from Jupiter in 1973.

Issue Date: April 4, 1975

Stamp Photo: Mariner 10 flew approximately 3,600 miles of Venus in 1974 and then flew near Mercury.

Issue Date: July 15, 1975

Stamp Photo: Russian and American joint mission to dock in space

Issue Date: March 19, 1976

Stamp Photo: Celebrates 50th anniversary of airmail delivery

Issue Date: July 20, 1978

Stamp Photo: Honors second anniversary of Viking mission that landed on Mars

Issue Date: May 29, 1992

Stamp Photo: Celebrates joint space exploration with Soviet Union, a former rival of USA

Issue Date: July 20, 1994

Stamp Photo: Celebrates Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collin's historical trip to the moon

Issue Date: 1989

Stamp Photo: Hologram - Embossed indicium celebrating the space program

Issue Date: 1975

Stamp Photo: Russian and American joint mission to dock in space

Issue Date: October 3, 2005

Stamp Photo: Celebrates the constellations