A bag of moon dust from NASA’s Apollo 11 mission – which a woman bought for $995 in 2015 -- sold for $1.8 million at a Sotheby’s auction this week following an intense court battle.

NASA lost track of a bag that was used to carry samples during the first moon landing. A woman in Illinois bought the artifact for less than $1,000; on Thursday, it was sold for $1.5 million.

The lunar bag Neil Armstrong used to bring back the first moon dust samples in 1969 sold at auction for $1.8 million. The bag has had several owners over the past years.

NEW YORK—A bag containing traces of moon dust sold for $1.8 million at an auction on Thursday following a galactic court battle. The collection bag, used by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the ...

Neil Armstrong's bag from moon landing could fetch $4 million Neil Armstrong 's giant leap for mankind onto the moon allowed him to make several small scoops there as well. Collecting lunar dust ...

Only one man was able to be the very first to walk on the moon. Now, an auction that's just as singular. On July 20, Sotheby's will auction a bag containing traces of moon dust, which a Chicago ...

More Information Dust-up over moon bag ends with a friendly relinquishing Carlson bought the bag "fair and square" for $995 at an online government auction, lawyers agreed.

July 20, 2017 / 10:46 AM EDT / CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A bag containing traces of moon dust is heading to auction — surrounded by some fallout from a galactic court battle.