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2. Lunar sample displays - Wikipedia

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   Examples of 'Moon rocks' display. To the left, part of Massachusetts lunar sample display of Apollo 11.To the right, United Kingdom lunar sample display of Apollo 17 The lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back by the astronauts of the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions.

3. Moon rock - Wikipedia

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   Genesis Rock returned by the Apollo 15 mission. The main repository for the Apollo Moon rocks is the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. For safekeeping, there is also a smaller collection stored at White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Most of the rocks are stored in nitrogen ...

4. List of Apollo lunar sample displays - Wikipedia

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   The Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the Moon returned a few dozen pounds/kilos of lunar material (mainly rock and dust), and the US put about 0.05 grams in small display cases and gave one apiece to the 50 U.S. states, to the nations of the world, and to political entities like the U.S. territories under administration. [1]

5. Apollo 17 lunar sample display - Wikipedia

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   The sample Moon rock collected during the Apollo 17 mission was later named lunar basalt 70017, and dubbed the Goodwill rock. [1] Pieces of the rock weighing about 1.14 grams [2] were placed inside a piece of acrylic lucite, and mounted along with a flag from the country that had flown on Apollo 17 it would be distributed to.

6. Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks that reveal the moon’s ...

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   This week, unlock the moon’s true age with Apollo 17 samples, uncover dinosaur footprints on a beach, discover a hidden ancient Antarctic landscape, and more.

7. Moon rock donated to Ireland by Apollo astronauts was ...

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   The lunar rock, which originated from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, was given to President Eamon de Valera by American ambassador JG Moore in 1970. ... Old Navy's Break a Sweat Sale has ...

8. Apollo Diamond - Wikipedia

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   Apollo Diamond Inc. was a company based in Boston, Massachusetts that was able to produce nearly flawless single crystal diamond wafers and crystals for potential use in the optoelectronics, nanotechnology, and consumer gem markets.

9. Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age

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   During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 - the last time people walked on the moon - U.S. astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds (110.4 kg) of soil and rock samples ...