Neil Armstrong's moon dust bag sells for $1.8m

The bag Neil Armstrong used to bring moon dust back to Earth has sold for $1.8m (£1.38m) at an auction in New York.

Just a simple white pouch with a zip, it was bought for $995 two years ago before its historical importance was fully realised.

The bag languished for years in a box at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston before disappearing for decades.

It was then found in the garage of a Kansas museum manager who was convicted of theft in 2014. The US Marshals Service seized the bag and put it up for auction three times, but there were no bids.

The bag's new owner could remain a mystery, however, because it was snapped up by an anonymous telephone bidder.

UCJ, UNILORIN.