White inflight jacket worn on mission to the moon fetches record price for a US space artefact

The jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin on his first mission to the moon has become the most valuable American space artefact ever sold at auction, fetching $2.77m (£2.3m).

The article was sold by Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday as part of the most valuable single sale of space exploration items ever staged, which achieved a total of $8.2m.

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