This is a list of lunar sample displays from the Apollo program that were distributed through the United States and around the world. They include samples from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions conducted by NASA in 1969 and 1972.
The Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the Moon returned a few dozen pounds/kilos of lunar material (mainly rock and dust), and the US put about 0.05 grams in small display cases and gave one apiece to the 50 U.S. states, to the nations of the world, and to political entities like the U.S. territories under administration.[1] This was done again with an Apollo 17 sample (Lunar basalt 70017).[1] There are a few samples from Apollo 15 on display.
United States
International
The display cases included a lunar sample and small flag of the respective political entity that had been to the Moon and back. Approximately 135 displays were gifted to nations of the world at that time, so nations created since then are not included and some displays have been inherited from past nations
Footnotes
^The Apollo 17 luna sample was brought to China by National Security AdvisorZbigniew Brzezinski in May 1978 as a gift to Hua Guofeng, paramount leader of China. According to reports from Chinese media, the 1.14-gram lunar sample was divided into two halves: one was sent to scientists in China Academy of Sciences for research, from which around 40 scientific papers were published; another, 0.5-gram weight, was preserved in Beijing Planetarium.[20][21][22]
^Kept at Dunsink Observatory until that was damaged in a 1977 fire, after which it is presumed to have been among the debris dumped in the adjacent landfill site.[26]
See also
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^ a b"Search for States' Missing Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Continues".
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^ a b c d ePearlman, Robert (1999–2012). "Where today are the Apollo 11 goodwill lunar sample displays?". collectspace.com. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^Atlanta Journal-Constitution
^"50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and Man's First Landing on the Moon". ags.hawaii.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^"The case of Louisiana's missing moon rocks partially solved; hunt for second 'Goodwill' moon rock continues". 4 August 2018.
^"Louisiana's missing moon rock found by Florida man recycling wooden plaques into gun stock". 28 September 2021.
^"That time NASA gave Michigan a piece of the moon and it wound up in a garage". Michigan Radio. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^ a bBeckerman, Jim. "The Strange Afterlife of the Apollo 11 Moon Rocks". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^Young, Elise (2011-01-29). "Investigators scour N.J. in search of missing Apollo 17 moon rocks". nj. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^Ahern, Sean (December 3, 2009). "The dark side of the moon rock". spotlightnews.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ a bPrice, Jay (July 28, 2010). "State's elusive moon rock soon to become a big star". News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina: McClatchey. Archived from the original on July 30, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
^Price, Jay (July 28, 2010). "North Carolina's moon rock to shine again in state museum". News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina: McClatchey. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
^"€3.8m treasure hunt under way in Finglas dump". Retrieved 26 February 2016.
^"Moon rocks and Israeli flag which visited the Moon, inside wooden casing". Israel State Archives. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ a bFuchs, Nina (30 June 2019). "צפו: אבנים מהירח ודגל ישראל שהיה במשימת אפולו 11 (Watch: Moon rocks and Israeli flag carried on Apollo 11)". Ynet. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^"Schatzkammer Liechtenstein". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
^Basu, Paul. "Moon Dust Accession Number: SLNM.1970.11.01". Sierra Leone Heritage.org. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
^Basu, Paul. "Moon Dust Accession Number: SLNM.1974.01.12". Sierra Leone Heritage.org. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
^Cornock, David (30 December 2015). "Wales plea over Apollo 11 moon dust gift". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^"Moon rock". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
External links
Lunar Sample Display locations (in .pdf)
Collect Space - Moonrock list
Kentucky's Goodwill Moon rock display in the Kentucky Historical Society's objects catalog