'First Telephone Phone Call To The Moon,' Autographed Transcript

And the last most expensive space travel memento is an autographed transcript. This partial transcript titled “First Telephone Phone Call To The Moon” of Nixon and the Apollo 11 crew's historic phone call from the White House to the moon — the day man first footed on the lunar surface — sold for $31,325 at a Bonhams auction in 2019.

In July 1969, minutes after NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin stepped foot on the Moon, they got a crucial phone call. It was President Richard Nixon who made the announcement from the White House, and it was a historic moment for humanity.

"The most momentous phone call ever made from the White House," Nixon said of his call to Armstrong and Aldrin on July 20, 1969, the day they landed on the Moon. He thanked the astronauts on behalf of the American people and expressed world pride from his desk in the Oval Office, his phone routed to Houston and then through CapCom, at the time Bruce MCandless II, to outer space. After their return to Earth, the President would personally thank the astronauts while they were confined onboard the USS Hornet.

Price: $31,325