2021 | The Missing Louisiana Moon Rock | Louisiana History

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A moon rock from the 1972 Apollo 17 moonwalk went missing in Louisiana. This Louisiana History Minute tells how the state came to possess the rock and how it was found.

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Reading List

- The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space https://amzn.to/3w3mtCM

- Collect Space - Goodwill Moon Rocks http://www.collectspace.com/resources/moonrocks_goodwill.html

- The Advocate https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_278c870c-2078-11ec-adf4-a7a5b4d0ff6f.html

- NASA - Apollo 17 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo17.html - Louisiana State Museum https://louisianastatemuseum.org/

- Apollo Project http://apolloarchive.com/apollo_archive.html
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Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, Library of Congress, Louisiana Tourism, NASA.
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Louisiana History Minute | NASA | Moonrock

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