2019.07.04

Apollo's Bounty

The lunar rocks brought home by apollo astronauts reshaped our understanding of the moon and the entire solar system. Gathering more of them is one of the most important reasons to go back

Inside a Teflon bag within a nitrogen-filled storage cabinet at the Apollo Sample Vault at NASA's Johnson Space Center is the largest remaining piece of the Apollo 15 moon rock sample 15556. Chris Gunn

Inside a Teflon bag within a nitrogen-filled storage cabinet at the Apollo Sample Vault at NASA's Johnson Space Center is the largest remaining piece of the Apollo 15 moon rock sample 15556. Chris Gunn

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