... low gravity body mission elements, systems and protocols prior to their use at Mars. In particular, the return of lunar samples from the south pole Aitken Basin meshes the accomplishment of a key Decadal Survey science objective with...
... any individual thought to have obtained any lunar samples. Geostationary orbit has become its own economy...‘open and obvious’ dominion and control exercised over the Apollo lunar samples, it is clear that under customary international law, portions of...
... government has ever protested or objected to the United States claiming ownership over the extracted lunar material. Apollo 16 lunar sample weighing 128 grams, collected by astronaut John W. Young about 15 m southwest of the landing site. There...
... on the Moon. The surprising find has been uncovered by an international team of scientists who had been studying a lunar sample returned by the Apollo 14 astronauts from their mission 48 years ago. The 2 gram fragment of rock, which is a possible...
... Moon by 2024, a key aspect of the Artemis mission will be to bring something back with them - moon rocks. Lunar samples are worth their weight in gold and can provide a wealth of resources and information for both scientific...
... underground. The two methods could increase the chance of getting more diverse samples," said Peng. Once the surface mission is complete, the lunar samples will be returned to Earth via the ascender, which will take off and...