Neil Armstrong bag containing traces of moon dust was sold at an auction
for USD 1.8 million in New york. The bag was sold to an anonymous buyer
following a sluggish five-minute bidding war on the telephone. The
collection bag was used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first
dust samaples from the Moon during the 48th anniversary of that
mission. During the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong collected nearly 500
grams of material finer than 1 cm, as well as 12 rock fragments larger
than one cm ffrom five different locations at th Sea of Tranquility.
