The Apollo missions to the Moon brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But NASA has only just started opening one of the last ones, collected 50 years ago.
brought a total of 2,196 rock samples to Earth. But NASA has only just started opening one of the last ones, collected 50 years ago.
The tube, 35 cm long and 4 cm wide, had been hammered into the ground of the Moon's Taurus-Littrow valley to collect the rocks.It could as such contain gases or volatile substances . Then on February 23, scientists began a weeks-long process aimed at piercing the main tube and harvesting the gas contained inside.Dr. Juliane Gross, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division deputy Apollo curator, and Dr. Francesca McDonald, from ESA, take precise measurements from the piercing device.
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