Apollo Lunar Sample Container No. 1008, triple-sealed, in which the Apollo 12 astronauts transported invaluable samples of moon back to Earth. Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by ...

Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions exhibit surprising magnetic signatures. A recent study suggests these phenomena result from a major impact that temporarily amplified the Moon's magnetic ...

When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon 55 years ago, he also collected lunar rocks and soil along the way to bring back to Earth. At the time, there were 135 of them. Some of them were ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and brought ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - A moon rock given to South Carolina after the Apollo missions was considered “missing.” Now, decades later, FOX Carolina found its location and uncovered its history ...

OXFORD, England (Reuters) - Fifty years after humans first set foot on the moon, scientists believe rock samples collected by Apollo astronauts could help predict volcanic eruptions on Earth more ...

A new study of Apollo lunar rocks suggests that the moon is older than anyone believed. The moon, researchers now say, likely formed about 50 million years after the solar system did, which is much ...

The small chunk of rock could be telling us that many of the moon’s largest impacts happened over 4.25 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

"NASA's moon program ; Apollo XII Conrad - Gordon - Bean"--Cover. Contents Planning and preparations. The challenge -- Conrad, Gordon and Bean -- Learning to fly in space -- The Apollo program -- How ...

The Minnesota National Guard has found Apollo 11 moon rocks in a storage facility among their military artifacts. The moon rocks came from the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, when astronauts Neil ...