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The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11香蕉视频直播檚 moon landing is coming up on Saturday.
On July 20, 1969, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the moon.
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There is also his own title to an acre of moon real estate Michael purchased from a U.S.-based lawyer who believed he was exploiting a loophole in international space law, along with a map showing his.
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There is an opening bid of 拢 120.
Michael notes, however that a page from the operation manual for the lunar lander that Armstrong and Aldrin used to touch down on the moon is expected to go for $7-$9 million, by Christie auction.
Those figures have got his head in space.
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It will be from July 18-24.
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