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It cost the moon

NEW YORK: A flight document carried to the surface of the moon during the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969, and signed by astronaut Buzz Aldrin fetched $2,22,500, a spokeswoman for the Swann Galleries said on Saturday. The `Data Card Book', essentially a navigational notebook — that also bears smudges of moon dust — that was the property of Aldrin. The 8 by 10.5 inches document containing 16 numbered pages was sold to an unnamed Pennsylvania dealer specialising in 19th century art and autographs. Both Aldrin and commander Neil Armstrong recorded critical data values to enable spacecraft manoeuvres.

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