Name: Where Are the Moon Rocks? We Asked a NASA Expert
Uploaded: 2023-08-29T17:44:44+00:00
Duration: 1 min 9 s
Description: Where are the Moon rocks from the Apollo missions kept? When they’re not being studied by institutions or enjoyed by museumgoers, NASA has a specialized Lunar Sample Curation Laboratory at NASA’s John

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Where are the Moon rocks from the Apollo missions kept? When they’re not being studied by institutions or enjoyed by museumgoers, NASA has a specialized Lunar Sample Curation Laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center to store and keep these otherworldly samples safe. Studying these samples helps us learn more about the origin of not only our moon, but our planet. Deputy Apollo Sample Curator (Sept 2019 – Dec 2022) Dr. Juliane Gross explains more about lunar sample curation.

Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde
Editor: David Shelton
Credit: NASA

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