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Original Apollo 11 landing tapes sell for $1.8M

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Original videotapes of the Apollo 11 landing sold for $1.8 million at auction.

Gary George, who was an intern at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, originally bought the tapes for roughly $218 at a government surplus auction in 1976.

The tapes show Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon in July 1969.

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