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Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 mission-saving felt-tip pen up for auction at Sotheby’s
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Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 mission-saving felt-tip pen up for auction at Sotheby’s
The felt-tip pen used to fix a broken circuit breaker during the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing is being auctioned in New York.
- Sotheby’s is auctioning the pen, with an estimated sale price between $800,000 and $1.2 million.
- Aldrin stated that the pen saved Neil Armstrong and himself from being unable to leave the lunar surface.
- The auction also includes the broken circuit breaker that the pen repaired.
- Aldrin recalled that he carefully pressed the pen against the engine arm circuit breaker to restore electrical power.
TopicsMoon LandingSpace MemorabilianasaBuzz AldrinApollo 11Space ExplorationSothebys Auctionmoon missions
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