Lunar Sample Return
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Collection Bag From Apollo 11 Moon Mission To Be Sold At Auction
It is a simple, square white bag that travelled to the moon in 1969 on Apollo 11 and carried back to Earth the first sample of lunar material ever collected.
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The Tangled Trail Of A Priceless Moon Rock Memento From Apollo 11
Under most circumstances the bag would not have merited a second glance, it being a yellowing flap of fabric encircled by a bronze zipper. The block letters that read "Lunar Sample Return" stitched on the side, however, undermine its unremarkable appearance -- a giveaway the sack had a role in greater things.
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Collection Bag From Apollo 11 Moon Mission To Be Sold At Auction
It is a simple, square white bag that travelled to the moon in 1969 on Apollo 11 and carried back to Earth the first sample of lunar material ever collected.
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The Tangled Trail Of A Priceless Moon Rock Memento From Apollo 11
Under most circumstances the bag would not have merited a second glance, it being a yellowing flap of fabric encircled by a bronze zipper. The block letters that read "Lunar Sample Return" stitched on the side, however, undermine its unremarkable appearance -- a giveaway the sack had a role in greater things.
