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S71-23772 (11-12 March 1971) --- Two members of the prime crew of the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission collect soil...
Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong works with an Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container during a two-and-a-half-hour...
S69-40110 (25 July 1969) --- The first Apollo 11 sample return container, containing lunar surface material, is...
The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the...
AS15-88-11872 (31 July 1971) --- This north-looking view at Station 8 near the Hadley-Apennine landing site was...
Vice President Mike Pence, center, views Sample 15014, which was collected during Apollo 15 with NASA's Apollo...
jsc2018e076655 (Aug. 23, 2018) --- Vice President Mike Pence visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug....
jsc2018e076652 (Aug. 23, 2018) --- Vice President Mike Pence visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug....
S69-60424 (29 Nov. 1969) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, holds...
NASA's Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is home to the most cherished -- and scientifically important -- relics of...
jsc2011e118362 - Panorama view of Apollo 16 lunar surface photos of the Station 10 and Sample 381 Rock taken during...
Where are the Moon rocks? When they’re not being studied by institutions or enjoyed by museumgoers, NASA has a...
jsc2019e063585 (Nov. 5, 2019) --- (From left) Andria Mosie, Charis Krysher and Juliane Gross, lunar sample curators,...
This image depicting the porosity of the lunar highland crust was derived using bulk density data from NASA GRAIL...
S73-34103 (1973) --- Wearing special germ-free clothing, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, right, inspects lunar samples...
This lunar map shows the traverse plans for the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission. Areas marked include Lunar module...
“How does NASA collect surface samples from the Moon? The answer may surprise you! Explore the challenges of...
S69-40749 (July 1969) --- Dr. Grant Heikan, MSC and a Lunar Sample Preliminary Examination Team member, examines...
jsc2018e003239_alt (Jan. 31, 2018) --- Composite image of an Apollo lunar sample in front of the lunar eclipse...
S69-32233 (22 April 1969) --- Two members of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission participate in a simulation of...
S70-50762 (November 1970) --- A line drawing illustrating layout view of the modular equipment transporter (MET) and...
S69-25944 (25 Feb. 1969) --- These two Apollo 11 crew astronauts study rock samples during a geological field trip...
This is a breathtaking moonlit view of Apollo 17 on the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC). The seventh...
This footage from 1969 shows researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center examining samples of Moon rocks and soil...