I thought some of this stuff was kind of cool, passing along the details:

--Astronauts offer personal memorabilia for charity--

More than forty astronauts have delved into their collections to provide artifacts of personal significance, autographed items, and one-on-one adventures for an online auction to raise funds for scholarships provided by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF).

Who: Astronauts John Glenn, Jim Lovell, Scott Carpenter, Buzz Aldrin and many more!

What: Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's online Auction of Astronaut Experiences and Memorabilia. Featured lots include:

Experiences

• SCUBA dive with Apollo 16 moonwalker Charlie Duke
• Skydive with 5-time Space Shuttle Astronaut Robert "Hoot" Gibson
• Attend a Space Shuttle Launch with STS-1 Astronaut Bob Crippen
• And More!

Artifacts

• Apollo 13 parachute segment flown in space
• John Glenn autographed LIFE magazine
• Apollo 9 lunar module insulation flown in space
• And More!

When: Items available for preview TODAY! Online bidding: April 10-19, 2008

Where: http://www.astronautscholarship.org/auction.pl or in person at the Autographica Show in Birmingham Hilton Metropole, England (online bidders will compete with in-person bidders during the final days)

Why: To benefit the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, which provides scholarships to college students who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major.

The Foundation awards nineteen $10,000 scholarships annually and has disbursed $2.5 million to students nationwide. For more information, log on to www.AstronautScholarship.org or call 321-455-7012.