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Buzz Aldrin Used This Humble Felt-Tip Pen to Save the Apollo II Astronauts. It Just Sold for More Than $850,000

In July 1969, a quick-thinking Aldrin used the writing instrument to rearm the engine arm circuit of the lunar module "Eagle" ...

The Plastic Pen That Saved Apollo 11: How a Simple Felt-Tip Kept Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin From Being Stranded on the Moon

A broken engine switch threatened to leave the first Moon walkers trapped on the lunar surface until an ordinary pen became ...

This ordinary felt-tip pen helped save Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from being stranded on the Moon in 1969, now it has sold at auction for $85…

An ordinary felt-tip pen that helped save two astronauts from being stranded on the Moon has been sold at auction for ...
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57 years ago today, three astronauts lifted off atop a Saturn V aimed so precisely at the moon that the trip needed just two course corrections — and the route home w…

Fifty-seven years ago today, on July 16, 1969, three astronauts sat atop a Saturn V and lifted off on the most dangerous ...
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Artemis III Docking Sequence Revealed: Orion Hands Control to Starship Mid-Mission

NASA released detailed operational documentation on July 15, 2026, spelling out — for the first time — the precise docking sequence, approach geometries, and software control assignments that will ...