Scientists have taken a renewed look at samples collected from the Moon during the last Apollo mission and now estimate the Moon formed about 40 million years earlier than previously thought.
A moon rock collected during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission has been returned to Louisiana by a Florida man who purchased the plaque at a yard sale. He intended to use the wood to fix guns.
Where Joe Biden s moon rock came from
Among all sorts of noteworthy items, a moon rock was found to be sitting on a bookshelf.
LIVE UPDATES:
In symbolic recognition of earlier generations ambitions and accomplishments, and support for Americas current Moon to Mars exploration approach, a Moon rock now sits in the Oval Office of the White House. At the request of the incoming Biden Administration, NASA loaned the Moon rock that was put on display in the Oval Office Jan. 20. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-lends-moon-rock-to-new-administration/(NASA)
Social media rejoiced at the sight, an indubitably cool artifact to find inside the White House.
A moon rock that President Joe Biden has placed in the Oval Office came from the last Apollo mission in 1972, raising hopes that he will support a new lunar landing program already underway.