Particles of Apollo 11 moon dust for sale at auction

The auction item, which includes five samples of lunar dust, is a rare piece of space history and could be worth up to $1.2 million, according to Bonhams, the auction house handling the sale. The dust samples had a wild and controversial journey to sale and will be the only known samples of lunar dust sold legally after being authenticated by NASA.

Samples of lunar dust collected by American astronaut Neil Armstrong from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.The particles for sale can be found in a blue plastic container on five aluminum disks, each topped with a small piece of carbon tape that was used to retrieve moon dust from a collection bag.

Carlson sent the collection bag to NASA that same year to authenticate its origin. The space agency verified that the artifact was real and claimed that it belonged to the government, refusing to return it. Stackhouse said the sale has attracted interest because of its ties to a seminal moment in history, and because of its unusual backstory.

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