Apollo 11 carried the first geological samples from the moon back to Earth. In total, Armstrong and Aldrin collected 48.5 lbs. (22 kilograms) of material from the moon, including 50 moon rocks, lunar soil, pebbles, sand and dust. The astronauts also sampled material from more than 5 inches...
Documents the analysis of the samples at the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Texas Illustrated with numerous previously unpublished photographs on the topic Explains the contribution of 'moon rock' analysis to our understanding of the origin and geological history of the Moon...
The extent to which plants can enhance human life support on other worlds depends on the ability of plants to thrive in extraterrestrial environments using in-situ resources. Using samples from Apollo 11, 12, and 17, we show that the terrestrial plant Ar
Nevertheless, the crater chronology method is empirical, which needs further verification and calibration by isotope dating of extraterrestrial samples with known geological context (e.g., Che et al., 2021; Li et al., 2021b; Yue et al., 2022). ML algorithms can bridge crater-dating and ...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment John Freeman, Rice University Heat Flow Experiment Mark Langseth, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Columbia University Charged-Particle Lunar Environment Experiment D. Reasoner Rice University Cold-Cathode Gage Experiment Francis Johnson, Univer...
[ALSJ 2] Scott was determined that his crew bring back the maximum amount of scientific data possible, and met with Silver in April 1970 to begin planning the geological training. Schmitt's assignment as Apollo 15's backup LMP made him an insider, and allowed him to spark competition ...
Their mission emphasized geological work, and the crew was trained to identify different rocks and formations that would help scientists on Earth piece together the history of our planet and its natural satellite. Apollo 16— April 16, 1972. Astronauts John Young, Charles M. Duke and Thomas ...
The rocks which were brought back by the astronauts and by Luna 16 contain infor- mation - particularly about time scales of geological processes on the Moon - that are not easily available from the powdered material. However, their chemical composition can be quite misleading as regards the ...
To address questions about the multiple lunar nearside–farside dichotomies and to provide new insights into both the early impact history of the Solar System and the geological evolution of the Moon, the Chang’e-6 (CE-6) landing zone has been selected
The return of samples was probably always in the mix, but more organized geological strategies were still far off. Even during Apollo 11, there was not really much of a detailed sampling strategy. The “contingency” sample was collected in the first minutes of the initial extra-vehicular ...