Buzz Aldrin's Apollo 11 marker pen and broken switch sell for $857,600 at Sotheby's

Two small items linked to the Apollo 11 mission — a marker pen used by Buzz Aldrin and a piece of a broken circuit breaker switch — sold at Sotheby's for a combined $857,600. According to Aldrin's own account, the marker was used to activate the broken switch, enabling the lunar module's engine to fire and the crew to return safely from the Moon. The sale highlights enduring public fascination with the 1969 mission.

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