Buzz Aldrin Flight-to-Moon NASA Jacket Sells at Sotheby's Auction for $2.8M

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It is made of a fire-resistant material known as Beta cloth that was incorporated in spacesuits in response to the fire that killed three astronauts aboard Apollo 1 in 1967, according to Sotheby's.

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