Buzz Aldrin is auctioning off a trove of personal items and historic artifacts from his storied career -- including the jacket he wore during the moon landing.
Buzz Aldrin is auctioning off a trove of personal items and historic artifacts from his storied career -- including the jacket he wore during theThe only space-flown garment from the Apollo 11 mission still in private hands, the coverall is expected to attract bids of up to $2 million, according to the sale organizer, Sotheby's.
The garment is among an array of items put up for auction by 92-year-old Aldrin, who in 1969 became the second person ever to set foot on the moon.Also on sale is the Eagle lunar module's circuit breaker switch, which infamously broke during the mission, threatening to leave Armstrong and Aldrin stranded on the moon's surface. It is being sold alongside the felt-tip pen that the latter improvised with to ignite the engine and return to the orbiting Columbia command module.
The broken circuit breaker switch that almost doomed the mission -- and the felt-tip pen that Aldrin instead used to ignite the Eagle lunar module's engine.In a press statement, the Aldrin said that the collection, which dates back to his time as a student at the United States Military Academy, represents the"summation of my career as an astronaut."
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