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. For all that time, some tubes were kept sealed so that they could be studied years later, with the help of the latest technical breakthroughs. NASA knew "science and technology would evolve and allow scientists to
Washington: 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.For.
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Scientists at The University of New Mexico recently took part in the opening of ANGSA 73001, a drive tube lunar sample collected by NASA's Apollo 17 mission that will allow scientists to study any gases that may reside in the container as well as lunar.
Astronauts hammered collection tubes into the lunar surface on the last Apollo mission to the moon. Now a sample is being carefully pierced open to be analyzed by today's latest tech.