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Buzz Aldrin's moon-flown Apollo 11 jacket sells for record $2.8M at Sotheby's
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin set a new record for the most-ever paid at auction for a flown-in-space artifact, while Aldrin's pen credited with saving the Apollo 11 mission failed to sell.

Sotheby's to auction Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 moon landing artifacts
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
Sotheby's is set to auction items from Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 moon landing artifacts collection.

RelaunchSpace reconstructs NASA flight plan for Apollo 11 moon landing
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
More than half a century since its pages served as humanity's first roadmap to the moon, NASA's Apollo 11 flight plan has been relaunched.

Houston Astros to celebrate Apollo 11 with moon lander bobblehead
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
An astronaut will take to the field as a baseball player walks on the moon — at least, the latter in bobblehead format — as part of NASA Night with the Houston Astros.

NASA halts sale of cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
As it turns out, attempting to sell moon dust that was extracted from the stomachs of cockroaches does indeed bug NASA. So much so, that the space agency requested RR Auction halt its sale.

Former NASA deputy chief reveals story behind Apollo 13 astronaut's medal of honor
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Less than a month after "Apollo 13" opened, President Bill Clinton met with Jim Lovell to present one of the highest awards an astronaut can receive: the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Monument to NASA's fallen Apollo 1 crew dedicated at national cemetery
By Robert Z. Pearlman last updated
A monument now stands at Arlington National Cemetery in memory of the Apollo 1 crew, the first astronauts to die in their spacecraft, 55 years after the fire took their lives.

Cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust goes up for auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.
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