Space capsule auction
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FOR those who have everything, how about a Soviet-era space capsule dating back to the 1970s, when it carried three cosmonauts into space?
German firm Lempertz unveiled plans for what it says is the first such auction in Europe, with the capsule expected to fetch up to 1.4 million euros (US$1.9 million) on May 7.
“It was developed during the Soviet-US space race, part of the Cold War,” the auction house said.
A British company first bought the capsule, which was also used for a short unmanned mission in 1978 and then for training, it said. It then decided to sell, handing it to Lempertz to manage.
The capsule has been extensively restored, removing all trace of the searing burn marks it picked up on re-entry to the earth’s atmosphere.
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