Moon Rock

The museum features a moon rock from the Apollo 17 mission.

This is a fragment of lunar sample 79155 [direct link to 0.7 megabyte PDF]. This is the 79155,10 display sample taken from the original rock.

The Lunar and Planetary Institute's atlas entry for 79155 [direct link to 0.6 meg PDF] contains additional information on 79155. The LPI also has a page with many photos of the original 79155 sample, as well as photos of the various sections into which 79155 was cut. The LPI has a large number of photos of 79155,10:

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Additionally, the LPI has a number of photos of the sample in its display case:

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