Before revision: Notable claims Richard Garriott, a computer game designer and astronaut's son, legitimately purchased the Lunokhod 2 and its Luna 21 lander from the Russian Space Agency, the first private purchase of an object on another astronomical body.
After revision: Notable claims Richard Garriott, a computer game designer and astronaut's son, legitimately purchased the Lunokhod 2 and its Luna 21 lander from the then Russian Lavochkin bureau of the Soviet space program, beingfamousin 1993 the first private purchase of an object on another astronomical body.