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Apollo 11 moon rocks ended up in all 50 states, including New Jersey. Then they began to disappear. Multi-bus crash closes part of Port Authority during rush hour, over a dozen injured ...
A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.
Eleven states Apollo 11 moon rocks are still missing. Despite a search lasting more than decade, the whereabouts of the moon rocks gifted to Alabama, Louisiana, Nevada, New York, South Carolina ...
A moon rock from the Apollo missions. NASA The moon is not made from cheese, ... Buzz Aldrin sloshed around in pee on the moon (and 11 other Apollo facts) By Rachel Feltman.
After the Apollo 11 astronauts made their difficult journey to the Moon and landed on the surface, the work had only just begun. As soon as they dropped down onto the surface, they had to carry ...
It was Luna 15, and it had been launched a few days before Apollo 11. Its goal: Land on the Moon, scoop up Moon rocks and dirt, and then dash back to a landing in the Soviet Union before Collins ...
The discovery of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should be a wake-up call for more than 130 countries that received gifts of lunar rubble from both the Apollo 11 flight in ...
New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples.
As the Apollo missions matured, the astronauts could carry back larger volumes of samples. The Apollo 11 astronauts returned some 48 pounds (22 kg) of rocks; Apollo 12, 76 pounds (34 kg); Apollo ...
Apollo 10 got within nine miles of the moon's surface. The crew took pictures and gathered information about the landing sites for Apollo 11. This mission began on May 18, 1969 and ended on May 26.
A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal ...