Apollo Auction

A auction in Dallas last year of space memorabilia included a handwritten card containing a Bible verse used during a lunar an Apollo 11 communion service. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin read John 15:5 during the 1969 mission while using a small amount of wine and a wafer from his Presbyterian church. He had wanted to broadcast the Bible verse back to Earth, but NASA to impose radio silence during the religious observance after Madalyn Murray O'Hair filed a lawsuit. The card also has a verse on it from Psalms that Aldrin quoted during a TV broadcast before the astronauts splashed down. The card sold for nearly $180,000.