A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.
Similarly, the moon’s ancient dynamo might have shielded ... Astronomical Observatories – analysed 4mm-sized basalt rock fragments returned by the mission. They said the samples recorded ...
A memo discussing the original Moon rock notes: “This piece was given on September 4 1973, on the advice of the Department of Education, to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies for display ...
Recently released documents reveal how Ireland struggled to find homes for two moon rock displays gifted by the U.S. New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to ...
A lunar rock collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on humanity’s first trip to the Moon in 1969 was accidentally destroyed in a fire after spending three years in an Irish basement ...