/ 28 July 2022

Buzzing over a jacket

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Buzz Aldrin isn’t just a cool dude who was the 2nd man to walk on the Moon – he’s also a cinematographer, inventor and Guinness World Record holder for being the oldest person to have visited the North and South Poles. And now he’s got a new record to add to his list of achievements – the in-flight jacket he wore on the epic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969 has sold for almost US$2.8 million ($4 million). That’s the highest price for any American space-flown artefact sold at an auction. Sotheby’s Cassandra Hatton said the price reflects the item’s rarity as the “only flown garment from the Apollo 11 mission that is available to be purchased. The provenance is absolutely stellar if you’ll excuse the pun.” Also set to be rare – items from the International Space Station used by the Russians… Bad blood over the Ukraine War has seen Russia confirm that it’s pulling out after 2024

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