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![Five scanning electron microscope aluminum sample stubs, four of which are said to be topped by particles from the first lunar sample that Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong gathered shortly after he became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969, sold at auction for about $500,000 on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hkLSSuEQBEJ87VFp7jz64h-320-80.jpg)
Microscopic Apollo 11 moon dust sells for $500K at Bonhams auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
A minuscule amount of microscopic moon dust sold for half a million dollars after NASA determined that the particles came from the first lunar sample collected by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong.
![Spectators look on as the Apollo 16 space vehicle, standing 363-feel tall, consisting of Spacecraft 113, Lunar Module 11 and Saturn 511 moves out of the Vehicle Assembly Building](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QKTsk8KEaWkAsHtCvokUDQ-320-80.jpg)
Apollo 16: NASA's 5th crewed moon landing in pictures
By Christine Lunsford last updated
On April 16, 1972 NASA launched the Apollo 16 moon landing mission, which sent three astronauts to the moon's Descartes region. See photos from the historic flight in our gallery here.
![(From the left) On March 17, 2022, Apollo astronaut Gen. Thomas Stafford, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA astronaut G. Reid Wiseman, the current head of NASA's astronaut office and NASA astronaut Drew Feustel (right).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pPsB8cKuKbRW4c2mf4Zhaf-320-80.jpg)
Apollo-Soyuz astronaut reflects on changing U.S.-Russia relations in space
By Chelsea Gohd published
Almost 50 years ago, in the midst of the Cold War, American astronauts flew to space alongside cosmonauts as part of NASA's first attempt to forge a partnership between the U.S. and Russia in space.
![Scanning electron microscope aluminum sample stubs topped with black carbon tape containing moon dust from the Apollo 11 mission. The minuscule moon dust is part of Bonhams' next Space History Sale, April 13, 2022 in New York City.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2bju2p4JCKPdAESXEiydU-320-80.jpg)
Microscopic moon dust from first Apollo 11 lunar sample head to auction
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Microscopic pieces of the moon that were found inside a bag used to protect the first astronaut-collected lunar soil sample are heading for auction after being released from NASA property.
![The Apollo 17 core sample 73001 processing team in front of the newly opened sample at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left, Charis Krysher, Andrea Mosie, Juliane Gross and Ryan Zeigler.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gtEAJKxotn5vhfD7GVzotY-320-80.jpg)
NASA finally opened 50-year-old Apollo moon rock sample as agency eyes human return to lunar surface
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
In a long-awaited moment, NASA scientists have unsealed an extraterrestrial time capsule 50 years after astronauts collected the rock and dust from the moon.
![Janet Petro, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, speaks during a Feb. 22, 2022 ceremony renaming the Florida spaceport's launch control center for Apollo launch director Rocco Petrone.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/itidYHaS6KSEUE3xNeTLnd-320-80.jpg)
NASA control center named for Apollo launch director Rocco Petrone
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The NASA control center that oversaw the launch of the first astronauts to walk on the moon now bears the name of one of its pioneering directors. Agency officials honored the late Rocco Petrone.
![The moon-landing hoax still lives on and there seems to be no convincing some people. Here astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the lunar module Eagle during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969. Mission commander Neil Armstrong took this photograph with a 70-millimeter lunar surface camera.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kQDWZxLYMLS28WMBzChqq9-320-80.jpg)
Moon-landing hoax still lives on. But why?
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
The moon-landing hoax is still believed by some – over 50 years since Apollo 11. We look at why people still think the whole thing never happened.
![Flowers placed before the Space Mirror Memorial mark NASA’s Day of Remembrance at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Jan. 28, 2021. The mirror was dedicated in 1991 to honor all astronauts who lost their lives on missions or during training.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3J43ZNdPfYhXLbJR6S3iC7-320-80.jpg)
New NASA video honors fallen astronauts of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA released a new video today (Jan. 27) to remember the three crews and other fallen astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration.
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