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China To Launch Mission, Seeking First Lunar Rock Retrieval Since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.
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NASA Urges Private Companies to Gather Moon Rocks for It
NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon rocks, and wants to pay companies to scoop out the dirt, take a photo, and then have it ready for collection by a future mission.
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"Moon Rock Hunter" On Quest To Track Down Apollo Gifts
After Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" on the Moon nearly 50 years ago and collected rocks and soil along the way, Richard Nixon presented lunar souvenirs to every nation -- 135, at the time.
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These Samples Of Moon Rock Have Waited 50 Years For This Moment
Neil Armstrong needed to pick up rocks - as many as he could carry, as interesting as he could find. The material he collected would constitute humanity's first samples taken from another world.
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Soviet-Era 'Moon Rocks' Sell For $855,000 At New York Auction
Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for $855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday.
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NASA Chasing Down Asteroid To Scoop Up, Bring Back Samples
NASA is going after an asteroid this week like never before.
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Rare moon rock found on earth
Scientists have stumbled upon 'Tranquillityite', a mineral considered unique to the moon, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. Researchers at The University of Western Australia's Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA) identified the mineral.
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Apollo Moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth
The discovery of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should be a wake-up call for more than 130 countries.
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China To Launch Mission, Seeking First Lunar Rock Retrieval Since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth's natural satellite since the 1970s.
-
NASA Urges Private Companies to Gather Moon Rocks for It
NASA on Thursday announced it was in the market for Moon rocks, and wants to pay companies to scoop out the dirt, take a photo, and then have it ready for collection by a future mission.
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"Moon Rock Hunter" On Quest To Track Down Apollo Gifts
After Neil Armstrong took a "giant leap for mankind" on the Moon nearly 50 years ago and collected rocks and soil along the way, Richard Nixon presented lunar souvenirs to every nation -- 135, at the time.
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These Samples Of Moon Rock Have Waited 50 Years For This Moment
Neil Armstrong needed to pick up rocks - as many as he could carry, as interesting as he could find. The material he collected would constitute humanity's first samples taken from another world.
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Soviet-Era 'Moon Rocks' Sell For $855,000 At New York Auction
Three fragments of rocks retrieved from the moon by a Soviet space mission in 1970 were sold for $855,000 at a New York auction on Thursday.
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NASA Chasing Down Asteroid To Scoop Up, Bring Back Samples
NASA is going after an asteroid this week like never before.
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Rare moon rock found on earth
Scientists have stumbled upon 'Tranquillityite', a mineral considered unique to the moon, in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. Researchers at The University of Western Australia's Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA) identified the mineral.
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Apollo Moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth
The discovery of a fake moon rock in the Netherlands' national museum should be a wake-up call for more than 130 countries.
