(September 20, 2007)--A space-related auction by a Dallas company includes a handwritten note containing a Bible verse on a card that made it to the moon.

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin in 1969 had planned to broadcast a lunar Holy Communion service.

But Aldrin was asked not to read the verse publicly because of a legal challenge NASA faced from famed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair.

He instead recited the verse during a private service with a communion kit from his church, Webster Presbyterian.

Heritage Auction Galleries calls it "The First Religious Sacrament Performed on Another Heavenly Body."

The weathered card is one of 43 moon-trip items consigned to the auction house by Aldrin.

Other offerings include his personal slide rule, a Texas state flag and a section of his Apollo 11 descent-monitoring chart.

Bidding runs through Thursday.

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