Bidder Pays $2.8 Million for Jacket Worn in Space by Buzz Aldrin

Bidder Pays $2.8 Million for Jacket Worn in Space by Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag on the moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a bidder for nearly $2.8 million.

The $2,772,500 paid for the Apollo 11 Inflight Coverall Jacket is the highest for any American space-flown artifact sold at auction, according to Sotheby’s, which handled the sale. The unidentified winning bidder, who participated by phone, outlasted several others in a bidding that spanned almost 10 minutes.