The bag that the astronaut Neil Armstrong used to gather samples of lunar rocks, was sold at new York Sotheby’s auction in 48-th anniversary of man’s landing on the Earth’s satellite. The buyer, who wishes to remain anonymous, posted for this item is $ 1.8 million.
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At the beginning of a great value bag size 30 by 20 inches not given, and because of a clerical mistake, sold it at a government online auction. The latest winner of the purses were Nancy Carlson of Inverness, Illinois who managed to purchase it for only $ 995 in 2015. According to the woman, she got the usual bag of white cloth and polyester with rubberized nylon and brass zipper. However, inside she found the remains of the lunar dust. Carlson, being a collector, knew that the bag was used in space flight, but she didn’t know what it is. Therefore, a woman sent a man purse authentication at NASA and it turned out that this bag itself was used by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission to land on the lunar surface on June 20-21, 1969.
#OTD in 1969 Neil Armstrong & @TheRealBuzz took “one small step” & 1st planted human feet on another world https://t.co/XvACZLU8pY #Apollo11 pic.twitter.com/hhP8nc4lQA
— NASA (@NASA) July 20, 2017
«1969: Neil Armstrong and buzz Aldrin make one small step for man, one giant for mankind.»
After that, NASA said that this «rare artifact is a national treasure», trying to keep it. However, in December of last year the Federal court found no irregularities in the purchase of the item and the bag was left in Carlson. This time it’s a lot Armstrong was put under the hammer for $ 1.8 million!
