7 minutes agoThe jacket that Buzz Aldrin wore on the mission to the moon is sold for $2.8 million.
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The jacket, worn by the former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, as it headed toward the moon years ago, was sold at an auction in New York for $2.8 million. Adorn with the American flag and the logo of the U.S. Space Agency (NASA), Aldrin has worn his jacket as he traveled into space to reach [...]
Adorn with the American flag and the logo of the U.S. Space Agency (NASA), Aldrin wore his jacket as he traveled into space to reach the moon in 1969.
The jacket is one of 69 personal things the 92-year-old has decided to sell.
The sale at this price turns the jacket into the most valuable spatial artifact ever sold at a US auction.
Aldrin is the only living former disaster that has participated in the mission to go to the moon.
He is believed to have worn his jacket sold most of his journey.
Created by a fire - resistant material, the jacket has become the only garment of the 1969 mission ever sold.
She's been auctioning for about 10 minutes, before a person interested through the unknown phone bought it.
After selling other personal things, Aldrin has won a total of $8.2 million.
An astronaut landing on the moon is believed to have been watched on television by some 650 million people worldwide.
