Curated category
Lunar samples
- Genesis RockAstronauts James Irwin and David Scott stood at Spur crater on the Moon in July of 1971. They collected sample number 15415 during their second lunar EVA.
- Lunar Sample Laboratory FacilityIn 1964, a proposal emerged for a small sample receiving laboratory equipped with remote-controlled manipulators operating in a sterile high-vacuum chamber.
- Stolen and missing Moon rocksIn 1998, a federal undercover operation known as Operation Lunar Eclipse began to identify and arrest individuals selling counterfeit Moon rocks.