At the request of Nixon, NASA had about 250 presentation plaques made following Apollo 11 in 1969. Each included about four rice-sized particles of Moon dust from the mission totaling about 50 mg.[1][2] The Apollo 11 lunar sample display has an acrylic plastic button containing the Moon dust mounted with the recipient's country or state flag that had been to the Moon and back. All 135 countries received the display, as did the 50 states of the United States and the U.S. provinces and the United Nations.[1]
The plaques were given as gifts by Nixon in 1970.[1]
The sample Moon rock collected during the Apollo 17 mission was later named lunar basalt 70017, and dubbed the Goodwill rock.[3] Pieces of the rock weighing about 1.14 grams[2] were placed inside a piece of acrylic lucite, and mounted along with a flag from the country that had flown on Apollo 17 it would be distributed to.[3]
In 1973 Nixon had the plaques sent to 135 countries, and to the United States with its territories, as a goodwill gesture.[3]
HistoryEdit
Swedish Museum of Natural History
The Apollo 17 display is at the National Museum of Science and Technology.[3][4]
^ abcdPearlman, Robert. "Where today are the Apollo 11 goodwill lunar sample displays?". CollectSPACE. from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2012.
^ ab"Tales of lunar rocks through the years". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Associated Press. 2012-05-23. from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
^ abcdPearlman, Robert. "Where today are the Apollo 17 goodwill lunar sample displays". CollectSPACE. from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
^"Moon dust stolen from museum". The Day. New London, Connecticut. September 8, 2002. p. A2.
^"Apollo 11 Moon Dust Stolen". Washington Post. September 8, 2002. p. first column.
Further readingEdit
Kloc, Joe (February 19, 2012). The Case of the Missing Moon Rocks. The Atavist/Amazon Digital Services, Inc. p. 47. ASIN B007BGZNZ8.
External linksEdit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sweden lunar sample displays.
Partial list of Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17 sample locations, NASA Johnson Space Center
October 19, 2023
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