21-07-2017 05:50 via 10tv.com

Apollo 11 bag laced with moon dust sells for $1.8 million

A bag containing traces of moon dust sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Thursday following a galactic court battle.The collection bag, used by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the first manned mission to the moon in 1969, was sold at a Sotheby's auction of items related to space voyages. The buyer declined to be identified. The pre-sale estimate was $2 million to $4 million.The artifact from the Apollo 11 mission had been misidentified and sold at an online government auction, and NASA had fo
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