Moon Dust Bag, Accidentally In Private Hands, Auctioned For $1.5 Million

During a media preview on July 13, Cassandra Hatton of Sotheby

NASA lost track of a bag that was used to carry samples during the first moon landing. A woman in Illinois bought the artifact for less than $1,000; on Thursday, it was sold for $1.5 million.

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