One of 512 “lunar Bibles” — tiny, but complete, microform King James Bibles — was recently auctioned for $75,000:

The Bible auctioned Wednesday was one of hundreds of miniature Bibles of its type created by the Apollo Prayer League, a group of NASA employees that wanted to create the small Holy Books to accompany the Apollo 13 visit in 1970.

Apollo 13 famously never made it to the moon; Astronaut Edgar Mitchell took 100 of the original up with Apollo 14.

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