NEIL ARMSTRONG’S TRAVEL VOUCHER
The voucher itemizes each detail of Armstrong’s travel arrangements, with a “government spacecraft” noted among government aircraft and automobiles used on the trip. “Government meals and quarters furnished for all above dates,” the voucher states. Arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 24, 1969, Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins declared they had brought back “moon rock and moon dust samples.” Taking into account inflation, an astronaut’s average expense of $33.31 in 1969 would be worth around $217 today.