One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000
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"One small pen for one giant fee: Buzz Aldrin’s mission-saving felt-tip sells for over $850,000" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include The Times of India, Smithsonian Magazine, The Daily Beast and Nautilus. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Generated by Newsylist's extractive engine from coverage metadata only — no AI-written claims. Updated 46d ago.
Coverage (4)
- 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 $857,600 The Times of India · 49d ago
- Buzz Aldrin Used This Humble Felt-Tip Pen to Save the Apollo II Astronauts. It Just Sold for More Than $850,000 Smithsonian Magazine · 49d ago
- Pen That Saved Moon Landing Astronauts’ Lives Up for Auction The Daily Beast · 49d ago
- The Challenges of Writing in Space Nautilus · 49d ago broke it first
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