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The Apollo 11 footage NASA called gone forever, until a surplus auction changed everything

When NASA concluded the original Apollo 11 moon landing tapes had been erased and recycled, the story seemed closed. Then ...

Where are NASA's Apollo 11 moonwalk tapes today? Inside the $1.82 million discovery that began in 1976

Three NASA tapes containing Apollo 11 moonwalk footage were bought for just $217.77 in 1976 and sold for $1.82 million in 2019. The recordings captured Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. But ...

A NASA intern Gary George paid $217 for 1,150 NASA tapes; 43 years later, 3 Apollo 11 recordings showing Neil Armstrong sold for $1.82 million

Former NASA intern Gary George spent just $217.77 on 1,150 surplus NASA videotapes in 1976, unaware that three reels contained rare first-generation footage of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking ...
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In 1976, a NASA intern bought $200 worth of tapes. 32 years later he discovered that three of those tapes contained data valued at over $1.8 million

In June 1976, an engineering student left a government surplus sale with about1,150 reels of magnetic tape for $217.77. Three ...
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The Apollo Missions

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

NASA legend Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 flight coveralls up for auction

Charles Jeffrey describes NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 flight-training jacket, which is up for auction by the American Space Museum in Titusville.
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Apollo's old-timers root for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back. They just wish these Artemis moonshots had ...

In 1976, a former NASA intern paid $217 for 1,150 old tapes; 43 years later, 3 Apollo 11 recordings from the lot sold for $1.82 million

In 1976, a former NASA intern spent just $217 on 1,150 old tapes. At the time, they looked like forgotten pieces of history, with little reason to expect anything extraordinary. Then, 43 years later, ...