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Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return bag will go up for auction on July 20, at Sotheby's New York to mark the 48th anniversary of the historic moon landing and it could sell for a stratospheric price - the sample bag is expected to fetch over 4 million dollars. Used by Neil Armstrong to collect the first ever samples of the moon on his Apollo 11 mission, the bag still contains traces of moon dust to this day.
A Chinese Emperor's seal fetches $11.8 million dollars when it goes under the hammer in Hong Kong. Rough cut (No reporter narration).
NASA unveils its Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 space mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission scheduled for late 2024, will take a crew of four astronauts to the Moon. IMAGES
The Porsche 911 Sally Special sold at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction on Saturday evening for a record $3.6 million (auction hammer price). In the charged atmosphere of the packed bidding hall, the one-of-one car attracted significant interest, with the final winning offer coming from a telephone bidder. The price was a record for a new Porsche sold at auction, according to the auction house.The sale reunited members of the original Cars team who created both the car in the Disney and Pixar film and the life-size Sally Carrera, based on a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera. That team included actress Bonnie Hunt, the voice of Sally Carrera, Jay Ward, Creative Director of Franchise at Pixar Animation Studios, and Bob Pauley, who, as Production Designer for Cars, sketched Sally for the first time 20 years ago. They were joined by Kjell Gruner, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), and key members of Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur’s Sonderwunsch team including Alexander Fabig and Boris Apenbrink.
Paris, March 29 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ian Langsdon / Mohammed Badra) Paris, March 29 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Ian Langsdon / Mohammed Badra) .- A French court on Monday sentenced the Servier pharmaceutical company to pay 2.7 million euros in penalties for involuntary homicide for its 'Mediator' medication. The weight loss and diabetes drug is believed to be responsible for the deaths of up to 2000 people. FOOTAGE OF THE COURT OF PARIS.
Moscow, Feb 11 (EFE), (Camera: Bernardo Suárez / Anush Janbabian).- The ZIL-111V convertible in which Yuri Gagarin made his triumphant entry in Moscow on April 14, 1961, after its historic flight, will be auctioned on Saturday with a starting price of 2.9 million dollars.FOOTAGE OF YURI GARGARIN'S CAR IN MOSCOW.