#LunarSamples

2025-04-16

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the Moon! Astronauts John Young & Charles Duke used the Lunar Rover to explore the Descartes Highlands and brought back over 200 pounds of lunar rock. A key milestone in space exploration!

On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the Moon
2025-01-02

"...we used a combination of advanced X-ray analysis methods, including microtomography, tomosynthesis and hyperspectral chemical mapping to carry out a non-destructive forensic investigation of the Dutch Apollo 11 Goodwill sample...[and] non-destructively interrogate the samples encased in plastic without contact... Our forensic investigation asked the question: were the rocks in the Dutch display actually picked up on the surface of the moon ...?"

#LunarSamples

nature.com/articles/s43247-024

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2023-12-13

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The relationship between the United States and China has changed drastically in the last decade, particularly in the commercial sphere. However, the scientific cooperation between the two countries has not developed significantly. The United States has prohibited the NASA from collaborating with China in space-related projects since 2011, and Chin

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