NASA Opens Previously Unopened Apollo Sample Ahead of Artemis Missions

[Jean-Jacques Wawrzyniak]

NASA scientists opened an untouched rock and soil sample from the Moon returned to Earth on Apollo 17, marking the first time in more than 40 years a pristine sample of rock and regolith from the Apollo era has been opened. It sets the stage for scientists to practice techniques to study future samples collected on Artemis missions.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-opens ... s-missions

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