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Many of Apollo’s Moon Rocks have Never Been Studied, Until Now

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Wes O'Donnell
Jul 15, 2019
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Fifty years ago, NASA astronauts began bringing back to Earth a small mountain of Moon rocks and soil (known as regolith) for scientists to experiment on. Most of the 842 pounds of rock have never been touched by human hands, until now.

Lunar soil activities included the deployment of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP), finding the unma…
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