New research from scientists with the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences and published in the journal Science found that ...

but what about on the moon? Since Apollo 15 during the '70s, this has been a point of interest for so many researchers. Finally, in 2024, groundbreaking advancements were made thanks to rock and ...

are the first to return lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s. Together they are building on what scientists learned from Apollo-era missions, helping to unravel mysteries about how the Moon was ...

There were the 842 pounds of moon rocks and the raft of scientific spinoffs ... as captured by the Apollo 15 crew. Like the volcano fields on the Hawaiian island Hilo, some regions of the moon ...

“I wish we could just sit down and play with the rocks for a while. Look at these things. They’re shiny, sparkling.” Announcer: So after missing a moon landing in 1970, the Apollo 14 and 15 ...

Astronauts collected nearly 50 pounds of moon samples, and that was only the beginning. The Apollo missions, which ran from 1961 to 1975, have brought over 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth ...

Dave Scott, Al Worden and Jim Irwin were the crew of Apollo 15, the first mission to use ... 17 traveled ever farther and collected more moon rocks on their missions. Apollo 13: Lunar Module ...

Called a laser ranging retroreflector, it helps measure the distance between the Earth and the moon. The crews of Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 also deployed ... compared with lunar rock samples.