July 27 (Reuters) – Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was bought for about $2.8 million in New York, public sale home Sotheby’s mentioned.
The jacket entrance shows NASA’s emblem and the Apollo 11 mission emblem, which is barely under Aldrin’s identify tag.
A view of a element of Buzz Aldrin’s flown inflight coverall jacket, worn by him on his mission to the Moon and again throughout Apollo 11, that was bought for $2,772,500 at Sotheby’s, in New York Metropolis, U.S. July 21, 2022 on this screengrab from a video. Reuters TV through REUTERS
It additionally has the US’ flag on its left shoulder and is made from Beta fabric, a fireproof fabric that was integrated into NASA area fits after three Apollo 1 astronauts died in a flash hearth aboard their spacecraft throughout a floor check in 1967.
After the jacket, the second highest grossing merchandise at Tuesday’s public sale was the abstract flight plan of the Apollo 11 mission. It was bought for $819,000, exceeding estimates of $100,000-$150,000.
Neil Armstrong and Aldrin had been the primary people to stroll on the moon. Aldrin, who’s now 92, is the one surviving member of the mission’s three-man crew.
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Reporting by Rachna Dhanrajani in Bengaluru; Modifying by Kim Coghill
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