Pen that saved the Apollo 11 astronauts sells for over $800K at auction

Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction features the life-saving instrument, a Snoopy pin, space-flown flags, and more.

In 1969, three astronauts flew home from the Moon at nearly 40,000 kilometres per hour. Almost 60 years later, no human has gone faster

Apollo 10 astronauts achieved the fastest human speed ever recorded. Their return from lunar orbit propelled them at nearly ...
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Model, Wind Tunnel, Apollo Command Module

Click to open image viewer. This Apollo command module pressure model was part of a larger grouping built and used for wind tunnel testing conducted in the development stage of the Apollo program. The ...
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Artemis 1’s Orion Spacecraft Withstood the Heat of Re-entry in a Critical Test for Humans’ Return to the Moon. Now, NASA Will Loan the Historic Capsule to the Smit…

The exact timeline for the spacecraft's display hasn’t been announced, but the artifact will fit into an upcoming exhibition ...
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Phew! 8 times astronauts diced with death and got away with it – showing just how dangerous spaceflight really is

These space missions turned into catastrophes but their astronauts survived. This is how they lived to tell the tale ...

First look at the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its new L.A. home

First look at the Space Shuttle Endeavor in its new L.A. home ...
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25 things about nasa's artemis ii mission: your essential gu

Discover 25 Things You Need to Know About NASA’s Artemis II Mission. Learn about this historic crewed lunar flyby, its goals, ...
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This Massive Ohio Museum Is The Largest Of Its Kind On Earth And You Can Visit For Free

If someone told you that Ohio has the world’s largest military aviation museum and it costs absolutely nothing to visit, you might suspect a catch. But the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in ...
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Buzz Aldrin Used This Humble Felt-Tip Pen to Save the Apollo II Astronauts. It Just Sold for More Than $850,000

In July 1969, a quick-thinking Aldrin used the writing instrument to rearm the engine arm circuit of the lunar module "Eagle" ...

How Rhode Island manufacturing helped men land on the moon

The Ashton Mill in Cumberland produced the material, Beta cloth, that protected Apollo spacesuits and was also used in the ...
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Apollo's $26 billion private credit fund imposes 5% cap on requests to pull 17%

NEW YORK, June 22 (Reuters) - Apollo Global's (APO.N), opens new tab $26 billion private credit fund, Apollo Debt Solutions (ADS), ‌said on Monday it was curbing redemptions at 5% of its shares after ...
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Zydus signs MoU with Apollo Hospitals to expand access to the Shield Multi-Cancer Detection test in India

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd., an innovation driven global lifesciences company and Guardant Health, Inc., a leading precision oncology company, have an exclusive agreement to make the Shield Multi-Cancer ...