Like a time capsule sealed for posterity, one of the last unopened Apollo-era lunar samples collected during Apollo 17 was opened March 23, 2022, under the careful direction of lunar sample processors and curators in the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. This precious and well-preserved sample will serve as a narrow window into the permanent, geological record of Earth’s closest celestial neighbor – the Moon. Before NASA goes back for more samples – this time at the Moon’s South Pole during the agency’s upcoming Artemis missions – the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis Program, or ANGSA, is studying Apollo 17 core sample 73001. The processing team includes Charis Krysher, Andrea Mosie, Juliane Gross, and Ryan Zeigler. TRT – 8:55 Super – Video Courtesy NASA Center Contact – Nilufar Ramji, 281-483-5111 HQ Contact – Alana Johnson, 202-358-1501 For more info: [ Ссылка ]
