Sale by Christie’s in London of 2,400 vintage images ranges from the dawn of space age to the last men on the moon

Neil Armstrong’s giant leap for mankind is on sale to the highest bidder after a private collector released a treasure trove of Nasa images from spaceflight’s golden era for auction, including the only photograph taken of the first human walking on the moon.

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