Rare Moon dust sample from Apollo 11 mission up for auction
STORY: Lunar dust gathered by astronaut Neil
Armstrong is up for auction
Location: New York
It was collected on the moon
with the Apollo 11 mission in 1969
and is estimated to sell for between $800,000 to $1.2 million
[Adam Stackhouse, Specialist in space history, science and technology / Bonhams]
“Lunar samples are property of the US government, property of the people. Because this sold through a government sale, it had fallen into private hands. . .It's very unusual. I've never seen another instance where this has happened. It's very unusual, I have never seen another instance where this has happened.”
Also for sale: this 1969 map of the moon
signed by 15 astronauts
and a fragment from the rocket launcher
that sent Sputnik 1 into space
[Adam Stackhouse, Specialist in space history, science and technology / Bonhams]
“One thing about a lot of these items is they really do connect people with the events and especially like the moon does."
