Sell ​​the papers in the flight to the moon

Edwin Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, will auction the papers he used to record during the moon landing in 1969.

Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins are the three American astronauts taking part in the Apollo 11 moon flight. Before the flight, the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) handed them paper sheets containing the instructions. instructions on how to navigate and control equipment during flight and landing.

One of the papers used by astronaut Edwin Aldrin
in the moon flight in 1969. (Photo: Edwin Aldrin)

Now Aldrin wants to auction a few of those sheets of paper along with an account of what happened in minutes before the landing chamber exposed the moon, Telegraph reported.

The content of the pieces of paper is a guide to the orientation operation, how to control the take-off mode of the landing compartment by computer so that two astronauts can leave the moon. Flight control center also instructs them how to fly up in an emergency.

The Eagle amphibious arm led Armstrong and Aldrin to the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong then stepped out first and became the first person to set foot on the moon.

At 17h54 on July 21, 1969 at UTC time, the two used the take-off of the landing module to fly up and pair with the command chamber (controlled by Michael Collins) in orbit around the Moon. . Then the commander room launches the missile flying back to Earth. Three astronauts returned safely on July 24, 1969.

Aldrin had the intention to sell the pieces after the US Congress amended the law to allow astronauts who had joined the Apollo program to own the items they had kept after the flights.

Estimated media Aldrin can collect about $ 90,000 from auctioning up pieces of paper.