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From the Earth to the Moon to Heritage Auctions: Astronaut Michael Collins’ Personal Collection Blasts Off June 2-3
Flag flown on the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. (Credit: Heritage Auctions)

Highlights include flags, medallions and more from 1969’s historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

DALLAS, Texas (Heritage Auctions PR) – In July 1969, 65 miles above the lunar surface, command module pilot Michael Collins orbited the moon alone, at times even losing contact with Mission Control. Meanwhile, below him, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were making headlines the world over for becoming the first men to walk on the moon – or, in Armstrong’s famous words, taking “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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