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Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 flight jacket fetches $2.8m

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's flight jacket, which he wore on the historic mission to the moon in 1969, was sold for about US$2.8 million in New York, auction house Sotheby's said.

Bangkok Post

Buzz Aldrin’s moon jacket sells for record $2.8m

The jacket worn by astronaut Buzz Aldrin on his historic first mission to the moon has become the most valuable American space artefact ever sold at auction, after fetching over £2 million.

Evening Standard

Buzz Aldrin jacket becomes most valuable US space-artefact after selling for £2m

The article was sold by Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday as part of the most valuable single space exploration sale ever staged.

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Buzz Aldrin flight-to-moon jacket sells at auction for 2.8 million dollars

Private anonymous bidder pays record amount for a space artefact that was part of history in the making in July 1969

Wales Online

Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 moon jacket sells at auction for an astronomical $2.8M

The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby's, which handled the sale.

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Daily Quiz | On the moon landing

On July 21, 1969, Apollo 11 crew members Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Here’s a quiz on the moon landing and other space missions.

The Hindu

Omega honours Moon hero

This week Omega commemorates the historic Moon landing in July 1969 with a new portrait of Buzz Aldrin wearing the Speedmaster Professional 321.

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NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocket

NASA is shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket

The Hindu

NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocket

NASA is shooting for a late August launch of its giant, new moon rocket

The Independent UK

Secret feuds and rifts that almost ruined the historic first Moon landing

Both Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin wanted to be the first man to set foot on the Moon, and they competed with each other for the accolade, as historian Jim Donovan wrote in his book Shoot For The Moon.

Daily Mirror

Buzz Aldrin became alcoholic and had 'no sense of calling' after moon landing

Buzz Aldrin publicly battled alcoholism and had 'no sense of calling' after returning from the very first moon landing in 1969

Daily Mirror

Moon landing 55th anniversary: When did Apollo 11 land and who was on the mission?

The space mission marks its moon landing anniversary this week

Evening Standard

In new Disney Pixar movie ‘Lightyear’, time gets bendy

Is time travel real, or just science fiction?

The Hindu

In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy. Is time travel real, or just science fiction?

Spoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader Florence, 7, for her questions.

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'Lightyear' review: Mission failure for beloved Pixar hero

A needlessly complicated and narratively underwhelming space adventure, "Lightyear" is not worthy of its titular action hero, Buzz Lightyear, who at this point is nearly as beloved in American pop culture as real life astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

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