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Piece of historic spacecraft up for grabs

By T.K. Randall
November 8, 2009 · Comment icon 1 comment

Image Credit: NASA
A piece of Apollo 11 is expected to fetch a high price at auction, the scrap of Kapton Foil would have helped protect the command module as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on the return journey from the moon.
A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to £1,200 at auction. The scrap of Kapton Foil from the Apollo 11 will come with a signed endorsement from crew member Buzz Aldrin.


Source: Sky News | Comments (1)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by MID 15 years ago
Sounds like a complete crock, Still... A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to £1,200 at auction. There are no pieces of Eagle available anywhere, save what's still sitting up there on the Moon...I simply love these misleading, uneducated statements. The scrap of Kapton Foil from the Apollo 11 will come with a signed endorsement from crew member Buzz Aldrin.The gold-like tape was attached to the module from the Apollo 11 mission which put the first men on the moon in 1969. Coated with aluminium and oxidised silicon monoxide, it protected the command modu... [More]


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