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Soviet-Era Moon Rocks Sell for $855,000 in New York

Three tiny rocks brought back from the moon in 1970 by the unmanned Soviet Luna-16 mission sold for $855,000 on Thursday at a New York auction.  They're the only documented lunar rocks in private hands, Sotheby's auction house said. The U.S. collector who bought the rocks was not named.  The sellers, also from the U.S., bought the rocks for $442,500 at a Sotheby's Russian space history sale in 1993. That was the first time that a piece of a celestial...


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