Tuesday, August 31, 2010

First moon alighting page sells for $152000

NEW YORK - A piece from the moody plan of the initial moon alighting sealed by wanderer Neil Armstrong and stamped with the difference "One small step for a man — one hulk jump for mankind" sole for $152,000 at auction Tuesday.

The page from the Apollo eleven moody plan, sole at Bonhams auction house, is stamped with the difference Armstrong says he spoken after he became the initial chairman to walkthe moonJuly 20, 1969. Armstrong sealed the moody plan piece and gave it to the head of NASAs open report bureau whilst he was quarantined at the Johnson Space Center after returning to Earth.

Armstrongs difference are mostly quoted as "Thats one small step for man — one hulk jump for mankind." But Armstrong has regularly insisted he pronounced "one small step for a man."

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In 2006, a computer research of the audio recording found justification that Armstrong did contend the blank "a."

Other lots sole at Bonhams" space story sale enclosed a moody button ragged by Apollo eleven wanderer Michael Collins and sealed by Collins, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. It sole for $85,400 after being consigned by Collins himself.

The sale additionally enclosed an puncture checklist from the Apollo thirteen aborted moon alighting the following year.

That mission suffered an oxygen tank ruptureApril 13, 1970, 40 years ago Tuesday. The three-man organisation famously radioed "Houston, we"ve had a problem" and afterwards stabilized the booster whilst saving sufficient energy and oxygen to tarry the excursion home.

The air wave delivery about the oxygen tank puncture has been at large misquoted as "Houston, we have a problem."

The checklist from the flight, used and noted by the crew, sole for $45,750.

The sale prices all exceeded Bonhams" presale estimates and enclosed the auction houses commission. The names of the buyers werent released.

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