Most people want to get rid of dirt, but this special sample of lunar dust is out of this world
Particles of lunar dust collected by Neil Armstrong in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission are up for auction this month.Bonhams, the auction company in charge of the sale, estimated the sample to be worth between $800,000 and $1.2 million. It's time for the NASA Artemis I moon mission's big testIt's the only known lunar dust sample from Apollo 11 that can legally be sold, making it difficult for the auction house to estimate its value, according to Bonhams specialist Adam Stackhouse.
It ended up being auctioned off by the US Marshalls Service to Illinois resident Nancy Lee Carlson in 2015 for $995. Pluto has giant ice volcanoes that could hint at the possibility of lifeShe sent the bag to NASA for help identifying where it came from, Stackhouse said. Once NASA realized the significance of the bag, the space agency refused to return it to Carlson, he said.Carlson sued NASA and won, forcing agency officials to return the bag.
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