Where are the Moon rocks from Apollo 11?

The main repository for the Apollo Moon rocks is the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. For safekeeping, there is also a smaller collection stored at White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Where did all the Moon rocks go?

Both rounds of samples have met scattered fates: some treasured and put on display, some lost, some tucked away in storage. They are the only moon rocks not legally the property of the U.S. government; the rest of the collection remains with NASA, based at a laboratory at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

What happened to the Moon rocks brought back by NASA?

The US space agency Nasa recently announced that many of the Moon rocks brought back to Earth from two Apollo space missions have gone missing. President Richard Nixon ordered that the brick-sized rock be broken up into fragments and sent to 135 foreign heads of state and the 50 US states.

How can I buy moon rocks?

Moonrock is one of the rarest substances on earth. There are reportedly less than 1,400 pounds of it on the planet. It is available for immediate purchase via Christie’s Private Sale.

Are moon rocks missing?

Of the 270 Apollo 11 Moon rocks and the Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rocks that were given to the nations of the world by the Nixon Administration, approximately 180 are unaccounted for. Many of these rocks that are accounted for have been locked away in storage for decades.

How many moon rocks did Apollo 11 bring back?

Apollo 11 carried the first geologic samples from the Moon back to Earth. In all, astronauts collected 21.6 kilograms of material, including 50 rocks, samples of the fine-grained lunar regolith (or “soil”), and two core tubes that included material from up to 13 centimeters below the Moon’s surface.

How many Moonrocks are there?

Are the moon rocks on eBay real?

Lunar meteorites are so rare that scientists and collectors are turning to unconventional sources, even one that sometimes attracts fraudsters: eBay. Moon rocks have been in scientific demand since the Apollo program first started carting them to Earth in 1969.