Neil Armstrong's moon dust bag sells for $1.8m at auction

Neil Armstrong's moon dust bag sells for $1.8m at auction

The bag Neil Armstrong used to bring moon dust back to Earth has sold for $1.8m (£1.38m) at an auction in New York.

Just a simple white pouch with a zip, it was bought for $995 two years ago before its historical importance was fully realised.

The bag languished for years in a box at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston before disappearing for decades.

It was then found in the garage of a Kansas museum manager who was convicted of theft in 2014.
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