The most valuable item, the first shot of an "Earthrise" photographed by US astronaut William Anders while orbiting the Moon in December 1968 on Apollo 8, sold for 11,800 euros. Neil Armstrong and his associate Buzz Aldrin spent nearly three hours on the moon, performing scientific experiments such as. Put up for sale by a foreign collector who has asked to remain anonymous, the auction house had estimated the collection at almost 190,000 euros. Air Force fighter pilot Buzz Aldrin was the second man to step on the moon 50 years ago, and he nearly faced a battery charge 17 years ago when he punched a conspiracy theorist in the face. "We sold 73 of the 74 photos," the Bruun Rasmussen auction house told AFP. It was famously used on the cover of LIFE magazine.Īrmstrong, the first man to step onto the Moon, can be seen in the reflection of Aldrin's visor.Ī total of 74 NASA photographs were put up for sale including 26 taken on the Moon during the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 1970s.
In previous posts Saturday, Aldrin shared photos of. The Aldrin image, which fetched 5,373 euros, shows the astronaut on the surface of the moon in July 1969 during the first manned lunar landing. First Man is a different sort of space film, a biography focusing on the personal toll the Apollo 11 mission took on astronaut Neil Armstrong.The film covers the years leading up to and including. Armstrong, who died at age 82 in 2012, is the subject of 'First Man,' which stars Ryan Gosling and is scheduled to hit theaters next month. A total of 74 NASA photographs were put up for sale in CopenhagenĬOPENHAGEN - More than 70 original NASA photographs including a celebrated image of Buzz Aldrin's moon walk taken by Neil Armstrong were sold at auction in Copenhagen on Wednesday for more than 155,000 euros ($172,000).
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