What is reportedly NASA’s first “lunar Bible” is being auctioned in a “Space and Aviation Artifacts” event this month.

The tiny object, an intact microfilm of the King James Bible containing all 1,245 pages and measuring 1.5 x 1.5 inches, will be included in the auction by PR Auction on the company’s website beginning Sept. 15.

The miniscule Bible was reportedly a product of the Apollo Prayer League — a group of NASA employees from all fields — and it was created to fulfill 

NASA officials’ desire to land a Bible on the moon…to honor the deaths of three Apollo One astronauts who died during a flash fire on the launch pad on Jan. 27, 1967.

One of the astronauts who died, Edward White II, had told a reporter before his death that he hoped one day to carry a Bible to the moon…

It does not appear NASA restricted its astronauts’ or engineers’ religious exercise, allowing Christian astronauts to partake in communion in space and read the Bible to the world.  Atheists have taken issue, naturally, but their offense has been unrequited.