Before the crew of Apollo 11 brought back the first moon rocks, many thought such artifacts might first be found by a 12-year-old from Iowa. Amazingly, there was a time when people were betting on ...

A priceless piece of Moon rock donated to Ireland following a Nasa ... The lunar rock, which originated from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, was given to President Eamon de Valera by American ...

The fate of Ireland's Apollo 11 display has been known for decades ... “It was decided to give the Moon rock to Dunsink when it became known that a second gift was to be made by the US ...

Chinese researchers have not been able to access Nasa's Moon samples because of restrictions imposed by US lawmakers on the ...

Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by 11.7 ... of the moon, Apollo 12 astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. holds a scoop for collecting samples. Somehow, the rock Conrad ...

Some rock samples included previously ... which was named after the three astronauts of Apollo 11. It wasn’t until May 1961 that Kennedy decided that a moon mission gave the U.S. enough time ...

A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa ...

The first samples returned from the far side of the Moon suggest it's 10-100 times drier than the side nearer Earth.

Scientists have long noted differences between the lunar near side and far side. While the near side periodically passes ...

That's worked well for the moon rocks; the Apollo 11-17 samples can be seen and studied at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston today. A more challenging plan will be needed for the ...

Even if the Prospect Moon mission goes perfectly, it doesn’t mean companies will immediately start mining the moon. It’s like ...