China Daily (Hong Kong)

Armstrong’s moon dust to be sold

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Moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction. The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. They’re just some of the items linked to space travel that Sotheby’s is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversar­y of the first lunar landing on July 20. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. He died in 2012.

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