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This is a list of lunar sample displays from the Apollo program that were distributed through the United States and around the world. They include samples from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions conducted by NASA in 1969 and 1972.

The Apollo 11 mission to the surface of the Moon returned a few dozen pounds/kilos of lunar material (mainly rock and dust), and the US put about 0.05 grams in small display cases and gave one apiece to the 50 U.S. states, to the nations of the world, and to political entities like the U.S. territories under administration. This was done again with an Apollo 17 sample (Lunar basalt 70017). There are a few samples from Apollo 15 on display.

United States

International

The display cases included a lunar sample and small flag of the respective political entity that had been to the Moon and back. Approximately 135 displays were gifted to nations of the world at that time, so nations created since then are not included and some displays have been inherited from past nations

Footnotes

1. The Apollo 17 luna sample was brought to China by National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski in May 1978 as a gift to Hua Guofeng, paramount leader of China. According to reports from Chinese media, the 1.14-gram lunar sample was divided into two halves: one was sent to scientists in China Academy of Sciences for research, from which around 40 scientific papers were published; another, 0.5-gram weight, was preserved in Beijing Planetarium.
2. Kept at Dunsink Observatory until that was damaged in a 1977 fire, after which it is presumed to have been among the debris dumped in the adjacent landfill site.

See also

• Apollo 11 goodwill messages (Messages by nations left on the Moon)
• Stolen and missing Moon rocks

References

1. ^ "Search for States' Missing Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Continues".
2. ^ Apollo 17 lunar displays
3. ^ Apollo 11 lunar displays
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5. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6. "50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and Man's First Landing on the Moon". ags.hawaii.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
7. "The case of Louisiana's missing moon rocks partially solved; hunt for second 'Goodwill' moon rock continues". 4 August 2018.
8. "Louisiana's missing moon rock found by Florida man recycling wooden plaques into gun stock". 28 September 2021.
9. "That time NASA gave Michigan a piece of the moon and it wound up in a garage". Michigan Radio. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
10. WOOD-TV
11. New Hampshire Apollo 17 Moon Rock
12. ^ Beckerman, Jim. "The Strange Afterlife of the Apollo 11 Moon Rocks". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
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16. Price, Jay (July 28, 2010). "North Carolina's moon rock to shine again in state museum". News & Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina: McClatchey. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
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18. Bangabandhu Military Museum
19. "Apollo moon rock rediscovered in Cambodia debuts on display". Collect Space. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
20. "月岩 (Moon rock)". 北京天文馆 (Beijing Planetarium). 14 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
21. "探月计划之历程揭秘 中国探月事业40年记". 人民网. 29 February 2004. Archived from the original on 31 October 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
22. 赛先生 (17 December 2020). ""嫦娥五号"带回2千克多的月壤，终于不再用0.5克来发论文了". 新浪科技. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
23. "Vojenský Historický Ústav Praha". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
24. "Where Today are the Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rocks? | collectSPACE".
25. "The Moon". Technik Museum Speyer, Germany. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
26. "€3.8m treasure hunt under way in Finglas dump". Retrieved 26 February 2016.
27. "Moon rocks and Israeli flag which visited the Moon, inside wooden casing". Israel State Archives. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
28. ^ Fuchs, Nina (30 June 2019). "צפו: אבנים מהירח ודגל ישראל שהיה במשימת אפולו 11 (Watch: Moon rocks and Israeli flag carried on Apollo 11)". Ynet. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
29. "Schatzkammer Liechtenstein". Retrieved 21 November 2017.
30. Basu, Paul. "Moon Dust Accession Number: SLNM.1970.11.01". Sierra Leone Heritage.org. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
31. Basu, Paul. "Moon Dust Accession Number: SLNM.1974.01.12". Sierra Leone Heritage.org. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
32. Cornock, David (30 December 2015). "Wales plea over Apollo 11 moon dust gift". BBC News. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
33. "Moon rock". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

External links

• Lunar Sample Display locations (in .pdf)
• Collect Space - Moonrock list
• Kentucky's Goodwill Moon rock display in the Kentucky Historical Society's objects catalog

• Apollo program lunar sample displays
• United States diplomacy-related lists
• 1970s-related lists
• Geology-related lists
• Moon-related lists