Buzz Aldrin Used This Humble Felt-Tip Pen to Save the Apollo II Astronauts. It Just Sold for More Than $850,000
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Buzz Aldrin Used This Humble Felt-Tip Pen to Save the Apollo II Astronauts. It Just Sold for More Than $850,000
In July 1969, a quick-thinking Aldrin used the writing instrument to rearm the engine arm circuit of the lunar module "Eagle" after the switch broke off during the moon landing
The pen is a piece of space history. Without it Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong would have been stuck on the moon in 1969. Also asked at the auction: Aldrin's watches, the flight plan and a Soviet flag.
An object that proved essential for an unforeseen purpose on board the Apollo 11 was sold at auction
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin almost died on the Moon. The plastic pen that saved them just sold for $857,600
One of the most unlikely artifacts in space exploration history has just sold for an extraordinary price. A simple plastic felt-tip pen that helped NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin avoid being stranded on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission has fetched $857,600 at auction. The pen’s value has little to do with its design or rarity. Instead, it represents one of the most dramatic moments of the first Moon landing, when a tiny brok…
Sotheby's has sold a felt pen for nearly $860.000. Buzz Aldrin's pen played an important role in the first moon landing.
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