New York: Jim Henson, the relentless innovator who gave the world Kermit the Frog and ‘The Muppet Show’, is getting a permanent tribute, nearly 30 years after his death. If rarely seen on camera, Henson lived and breathed television, hooking adults on to puppets, turning puppetry into prime-time entertainment and for 25 years gave life to Kermit, the world’s most famous puppet. AFP
Armstrong moon bag fetches $1.8 million
New York: The long-lost bag used by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first-ever moon samples has been sold for a whopping $1,812,500. The bag, auctioned on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of mankind’s first moon landing, still contains traces of the moon dust, Sotheby’s said. PTI
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