Aldrin’s coat auctioned for $2.7 million during moon trip

Buzz Aldrin, 92, the second person to ever set foot on the moon, had several items from his personal collection for sale. “After careful consideration, it seemed the time had come to share with the world these objects, which for many people symbolize a historical moment. For me, these objects have always remained personal mementos of a life devoted to science and research,” he said. aldrin.

The white jacket – bearing the American flag, the logos of NASA and the Apollo 11 mission and marked “E. ALDRIN” – was the showpiece of the auction. However, the jacket has nothing to do with the spacesuit Aldrin wore when he set foot on the moon in July 1969. He did wear the jacket on board Apollo 11, during the three-day outward journey and during the return journey. The suits that Buzz Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong wore when on the moon are in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.

Buzz Aldrin is the only living astronaut who was part of the Apollo 11 mission. A total of 68 objects from Buzz Aldrin went under the proverbial hammer on Tuesday. The auction raised $8.2 million.

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