Moon Rock - Museum of Flight - Seattle, Washington
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Lord Mot
N 47° 31.096 W 122° 17.802
10T E 552949 N 5262999
Located in the Space section of the Museum of Flight
Waymark Code: WMBMDQ
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2011
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This Lunar Rock Sample was brought back from the Moon by Apollo 12 in November 1969. It is on loan from NASA Johnson Space Center.
Some info about Moon Rocks,
Rocks from the Moon have come to Earth in two ways, as Meteorites and as Samples brought back by missions from the United States and Soviet Union. Between 1969 and 1972, the crew of six U.S. Apollo missions brought back 842 pounds of lunar rocks. In all, 2200 seperate samples from six different exploration sites were brought to Earth. Nasa has retained 711 pounds of lunar samples. The rest have been loaned to various institutions for display.
The Museum of Flight has three lunar samples on display.
Type of Display: Geological
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