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LUNAR SAMPLES - APOLLO 11 - MSC
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LUNAR SAMPLES - APOLLO 11 - MSC

S69-45025 (27 July 1969) --- This is the first lunar sample that was photographed in detail in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The photograph shows a granular, fine-grained, mafic (iron magnesium rich) rock. At this early stage of the examination, this rock appears similar to several igneous rock types found on Earth. The scale is printed backwards due to the photographic configuration in the Vacuum Chamber. The sample number is 10003. This rock was among the samples collected by astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. during their lunar surface extravehicular activity on July 20, 1969.

Date
1969-07-28
Photographer / author
1996-98 AccuSoft Inc., All right
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"LUNAR SAMPLES - APOLLO 11 - MSC" (1969-07-28). NASA/JSC/1996-98 AccuSoft Inc., All right. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/S69-45025

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