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Neil Armstrong's family will auction, through Heritage Auctions, the personal collection of the astronaut, the first to set foot on the moon 49 years ago with the Apollo 11 mission.
Collection for sale at Heritage Auctionshttps: //t.co/e1Sfkhi9Wc pic.twitter.com/uQKrQNiT4K
– Heritage Auctions (@HeritageAuction) July 20, 2018
collection, with more than two thousand items, will go on sale in three auctions: the first on November 1st and 2nd, the second on May 9th and 10th, 2019 and the third in November 2019, according to Heritage Auctions, whose headquarters is
Among the auction items are silver medallions (including an "extremely rare" gold) from NASA, commemorating the Apollo 11 mission and flying in the spacecraft with Armstrong. , Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Happy #MoonDa and ! To celebrate the 49th anniversary of our landing on the moon # Apollo11 a landmark in lunar exploration that has transformed our understanding of our moon and our solar system, we present Moonlight, a melodic lunar voyage with the permission of @ LRO_NASA : https://t.co/S6eItyKhPR # NASA60e pic.twitter.com/L2rlmH4I6M
– NASA (@NASA) July 20, 2018
Also, a centennial flag of the Purdue University of Indiana (1869-1969), alma mater of Armstrong, which the astronaut took with him on the moon.
In addition, parts of the Wright brothers' aircraft propeller and wing, the first powered aircraft to fly in 1903, that Armstrong also transported in Apollo 11.
Also, in the prizes is a gold pin that Armstrong focused on the Gemini 8 mission in 1966, his first space flight, and a boy scout cap from when he was a child.
Heritage Auctions also highlighted Correspo Note that it includes a document that reveals NASA's planning of the arrival at the moon.
There will be objects that have stolen (in ships), autographed objects, objects of historical significance. There will be objects that will make you think, objects that will make you laugh, objects that will scratch your head, "said Mark, one of the children of the astronaut
" I think (Armstrong) would be happy to remember a program, "said Eric, another of his children.
Armstrong, who died in 2012 at the age of 82, entered history as the first human being to walk. on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, and one remembers the famous phrase that he said at that time
It's a small step for a man, but a big step for him. "humanity," said the astronaut 19659017] Israel plans an unmanned mission on the Moon in 2019
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