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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Government Sues Apollo Astronaut For Allegedly Stealing a Lunar Camera [Space]
NASA officials learned last March that a British auction house had an item labeled "Movie Camera from the Lunar Surface" as part of their Space History Sale. The camera was described in the catalog as being one of two used aboard Apollo 14's lunar module, Antares, and had come directly from the collection of astronaut Edgar Mitchell (pictured, right, with fellow Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard, center, and Stuart Allen Roosa, left), whose epitaph will most likely begin with the phrase, "Sixth man to walk on the moon." Estimated value: $60 to $80k. Now the U.S. government is suing to get that camera back. More »
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